Olympic champions Sifan Hassan and Letsile Tebogo have been announced as World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco

Dutch marathoner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, have been named Athletes of the Year by World Athletics. Hassan, who also won the out-of-stadium award,

Olympic champions Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan are named male and female athlete of the year at the World Athletics Awards.

The Dutch Olympic record-holder in the women's marathon took top honours alongside Botswana's 200m men's Olympic champion

Sifan Hassan was chosen as the best athlete in the world for 2024 at the awards gala of the global association World Athletics in Monaco. The Olympic marathon champion is the first Dutch athlete to receive this honor.

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday.

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named 'Athletes of the Year' by World Athletics in Monaco Sunday

The Paris 2024 gold medallists took the big prizes at the 2024 World Athletics Awards in Monaco with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Mondo Duplantis also collecting honours.

The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo were named World Athletes of the Year on Sunday after they both scooped multiple medals at the Paris Olympics.

Letsile Tebogo, a sprinter from Botswana, and Sifan Hassan, a Dutch marathon runner who won gold at the Olympics in The post Tebogo Named Male World Athlete of the Year first appeared on Africa Top Sports.