Daniel Ebenyo nominated for international fair play award
31st October 2023
The list will be trimmed down from six to three on 7 November.
- Ebenyo was among the six athletes to be nominated for the Award.
- Fans can vote via World Athletics’ social media platforms for the moment that they feel best exemplifies fair play.
- These votes will be combined with the votes from the jury to determine three finalists for the Fair Play Award. The finalists will be announced on 7 November.
By Tony Kipkorir
Kenya’s 10,000m World Silver medalist Daniel Simiu Ebenyo is one of the six athletes who have been shortlisted for the World Athletics International Fair Play Award.
Ebenyo was nominated because of the unforgettable moment he
created at the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships held in
Latvia earlier this month, where he saluted his compatriot Sebastian Sawe who
passed him on the finishing straight in the half marathon.
“In first place during the closing stages of the men’s half marathon at the World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23, Kenya’s Daniel Ebenyo saluted his teammate Sebastian Sawe as Sawe overtook him for gold,” part of the statement from the governing body read.
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Other runners who have been shortlisted for the prestigious
award include Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, Sherrica Jackson, Katie Moon and
Nina Kennedy and Jessica Warner-Judd.
Newly crowned Chicago Marathon winner Sifan Hassan and the
reigning 100m world champion Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States are also
in contention for the award.
Jackson and Richardson made it to the list thanks to the
warm embrace they gave each other at the World Athletics Champions staged in
Budapest, Hungary after winning a gold and silver medal respectively in the
200m event.
Former Kenyan 800m runner David Lekuta Rudisha was among the
jury members who made the selection.
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These votes will be combined with the votes from the jury to
determine three finalists for the Fair Play Award. The finalists will be
announced on 7 November.
The winner will be revealed on World Athletics’ platforms in
the lead up to the World Athletics Awards in Monaco on 11 December.
The award was introduced 60 years ago to promote fair
competition, friendship, respect, equality and team spirit.
It honors those athletes who respect the formal and unwritten rules of the sport such as care, joy and integrity.
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