Dibaba, Schippers, Wlodarczyk are the final three for 2015 IAAF World Athlete of the Year, from EME News (source: IAAF)

Genzebe Dibaba, photo by PhotoRun.net

Dafne Schippers, photo by PhotoRun.net

Anita Wlodarczyk, photo by PhotoRun.net

Genzebe Dibaba, Dafne Schippers and Anita Wlodarczyk are the final three for the IAAF Athlete of the Year for women. Pretty impressive trio for the 2015 award. Nice to see a hammer thrower in the mix, I must say!

DIBABA, SCHIPPERS, WLODARCZYK

MONACO (MON): Distance runner Genzebe Dibaba, sprinter Dafne Schippers and hammer thrower Anita Wlodarczyk are the three women’s finalists for the 2015 IAAF World Athlete of the Year award. Last month the IAAF Family was asked to select nine men and nine women from each of the following categories: sprints, hurdles, middle and long distance, road running, race walking, jumps, throws, combined events and multi-terrain. The top-voted athletes in each category formed the longlist, from which an international panel of 10 experts selected the three finalists. The men’s finalists will be announced on Wednesday.

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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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