Double Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon has joined compatriot Eliud Kipchoge in being nominated for the World Athlete of the Year award.
Kipyegon who retained her Olympic 1500m title in August is the only African woman nominated for the award.
The 27-year-old mother of one was one of the 10 female nominees named by World Athletics on Friday, joining a host of fellow Olympic champions on the list.
Her nomination comes a day after 10 male nominees were revealed for the men’s award.
A voting process involving World Athletics members and an online poll will determine which individuals make the final shortlist for the event.
Voting closes at midnight on Saturday 6 November with the winners set to be announced in December.
Men's nominees:
Joshua Cheptegei, Uganda
Ryan Crouser, United States
Mondo Duplantis, Sweden
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Norway
Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya
Pedro Pichardo, Portugal
Daniel Stahl, Sweden
Miltiadis Tentoglou, Greece
Damian Warner, Canada
Karsten Warholm, Norway
Women's nominees:
Valarie Allman, United States
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Puerto Rico
Sifan Hassan, Netherlands
Faith Kipyegon, Kenya
Mariya Lasitskene, Authorised Neutral Athlete
Sydney McLaughlin, United States
Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamas
Athing Mu, United States
Yulimar Rojas, Venezuela
Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaica