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World Athletics announces 2026 Athlete of the Year nominees and opens voting
World Athletics has announced the 20 nominees for 2026 Athlete of the Year and opened fan voting to pick the top three, with voting closing Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. EST. The list includes Kenya's Sabastian Sawe, who ran the first sub-two-hour marathon in 1:59:30, Josh Kerr, who broke the men's mile world record, and Canada's Camryn Rogers, who set a North American hammer throw record.
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