Olympic champions Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan are named male and female athlete of the year at the World Athletics Awards.
Olympic champions Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan were named male and female athlete of the year at the World Athletics Awards in Monaco.
Tebogo, who was also named male track athlete of the year, became Botswana's first Olympic champion in Paris whenThe 21-year-old also helped to set a new African record when taking silver in the men's 4x400m relay. "It feels amazing to know that the fans are always there for us athletes," said Tebogo. "It was a great year. This means a lot.""I never thought I was going to win this one," said Hassan. "This year was crazy.", was named male field athlete of the year, with Ukrainian high jump gold medallist Yaroslava Mahuchikh taking the female award.
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