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MOUNTAIN VIEW (USA): Hammer World champion Anita Wlodarczyk is as in 2016 the Track and Field News Women Athlete of the Year. In the second-closest balloting in history she got 317 points ahead of Mariya Lasitskene with 312. Third European Athlete of the Year Ekaterini Stefanidi 250 and fourth IAAF Athlete of the Year Nafissatou Thiam with 242 points. Fifth place for Hellen Obiri 208 ahead of Caster Semenya 192 and Sandra Perkovic 134. Closing top ten are Faith Kipyegon and Almaz Ayana with 81 and Elaine Thompson with 71 points. The international panel of experts gave 19 of the 36 votes for No. 1 to WÅ‚odarczyk, with Lasitskene garnering 14, Stefanidi taking 2 and Thiam 1. Informs trackandfieldnews.com.