Neeraj Chopra nominated for Men’s World Athlete of the Year 2023

Neeraj not only won a historic gold at the Budapest Worlds, he  followed it up with Asiad gold in Hangzhou

As a result of his remarkable run, Neeraj has been nominated for Men’s World Athlete of the Year 2023 award

Here are some of the other individuals competing with Neeraj for that award

Noah Lyles (USA): World 100m and 200m champion and undefeated in six finals at 200m

Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya): London and Chicago Marathon winner who broke the marathon world record in Chicago

Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco): 3000m steeplechase world champion who is defeated in six finals

Mondo Duplantis (Sweden): Pole vault world champion who happens to be a Diamond League champion with a world record 

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway): World 5000m champion and 1500m silver medallist who holds the European records for 1500m, mile and 3000m

For the full list of nominees for the Men’s World Athlete of the Year 2023 Award, head to Firstpost