This year's finest athletics achievements will be celebrated at the&nbsp;World Athletics Awards 2020, to be staged as a virtual event on Saturday 5 December and streamed live on the World Athletics YouTube channel.
This year&rsquo;s ceremony will recognise exceptional achievement in what has been an extraordinary and unprecedented year, both on and off the fields of play, and celebrate the athletes who met the challenges of 2020 head-on to produce some of the finest performances in the history of our sport.
Once again, athletics fans from around the world will be invited to help select the male and female athletes of the year.
Commenting on the Award, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: &ldquo;In a disruptive year our athletes continued to train hard and our event organisers went above and beyond to deliver four full Diamond League events and four Diamond League exhibition meetings, seven Continental Tour Gold events, a World Half Marathon Championships and a number of innovative virtual events including the Ultimate Garden Clash. Whilst this was not the year any of us had planned for, I am proud of our athletes, our meeting organisers and the World Athletics team for their tenacity and determination. This is what we will celebrate at this year&rsquo;s Annual Awards.&rdquo;

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Eliud Kipchoge and Dalilah Muhammad have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2019, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Saturday (23).
Kipchoge, the winner of the award last year, added to his phenomenal marathon CV in 2019. In April he captured his fourth victory at the London Marathon with a 2:02:37 course record, the third fastest performance of all time. The 35-year-old Kenyan followed up in October by blasting through the distance's two-hour barrier with a 1:59:40.2 performance at the Ineos159 Challenge in Vienna.
Muhammad, 29, broke the world record in the 400m hurdles twice this year, first with a 52.20 performance at the US Championships in July to eclipse a mark which had stood since 2003. Muhammad broke it again at the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, clocking 52.16 in one of the championships' most eagerly-awaited finals to claim the world title for the first time. Muhammad also won world gold in the 4x400m relay and won five of her seven ra

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Khannouchi says he&rsquo;s fit for Worlds &ndash; Tarasov sidelined 23 July 2001 - Khalid Khannouchi, the marathon world-record holder, plans to compete at the IAAF World Championships in Edmonton despite recent back trouble. The Moroccan-born runner will be representing the United States for the first time since becoming a citizen last year.
Khannouchi strained muscles in his back during a nine-mile (14.5-kilometer) race in Utica, New York, on July 8. He dropped out after six miles (10 kilometres), putting in doubt his status for the championships. "I&rsquo;m going to compete," he said Sunday. "I&rsquo;ve gotten a lot of support from my family and the people I work with since I got the back spasms. I think I can do my best. I have a lot of faith and hope. I feel I am back. I know I did the training and that will give me confidence I can compete with the best."
Khannouchi set the world marathon best of 2:05.42 seconds at Chicago in 1999. He ran his last marathon at Chicago in 2000, winning at 2:07:01.
Khannounchi&rsquo;s injury came four days after he finished sixth in the Peachtree 10k at Atlanta. "I probably didn&rsquo;t get enough rest in between races," he said. "I felt good at Peachtree. Now I am trying to get my focus back. I feel this is my chance, my opportunity to compete for the United States."