Laura Muir chasing down leading athletics award

The local athlete, who leads the women’s world rankings for 1500m for this year, is one of 10 athletes short-listed.

Muir has already this year shared scottishathletics’ 4J Studios Performer of the Year award with Jemma Reekie and Jake Wightman.

The World Athlete of the Year award is organised by the IAAF World Athletics body and the winners will be announced at a virtual event on Saturday, December 5.

Laura won all three of her 1500m races in 2020 in sub four minute times and set a world lead with her win in Berlin in September when she clocked 3:57.40.

World Athletics said: “The nominations reflect the remarkable range of exceptional performances that the sport has witnessed this year, despite the challenges that the global Covid-19 pandemic presented.

“The World Athletics Council and the World Athletics Family will cast their votes by email, while fans can vote online via the World Athletics’ social media platforms. Individual graphics for each nominee will be posted on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram this week; a ‘like’ on Facebook and Instagram or a retweet on Twitter will count as one vote.”

The World Athletics Council’s vote will count for 50 per cent of the result, while the World Athletics Family’s votes and the public votes will each count for 25 per cent of the final result.

Voting closes at midnight on Sunday, November 15.