The Confederacao Brasileira de Atletismo has been named as winner of the Member Federations Award, the sixth honour announced as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022.
The Member Federations Award honours a national governing body that has gone above and beyond to serve its athletes, fans and greater community. Six federations were shortlisted for the award in 2022, each nominated by one of the six area associations, before Brazil was selected as the winner.
&ldquo;Brazil receives the Member Federations Award with great joy and pride,&rdquo; said Confederacao Brasileira de Atletismo President Wlamir Leandro Motta Campos. &ldquo;It is a collective achievement, which I share with all the staff of the Brazilian Athletics Confederation, with the athletes, coaches, referees, officials, regional federation presidents and our sponsors.&rdquo;
Brazil hosted six international events successfully in 2022, including the South American U18 and U23 Championships, the South American Cross Country Championships, the Pan-American Cross Country Championships, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting, and an international grand prix.
The federation secured two revolutionary sponsorship deals, benefitting the country&rsquo;s elite athletes as well as providing a boost to the sport at grass roots level.
&ldquo;It is a delight for the Brazilian Athletics Confederation to be able to take care of athletes, enabling better results by offering health plans to our athletes who stand out in Brazilian Championships and who are part of the national teams,&rdquo; added Motta Campos.
&ldquo;The Brazilian Confederation supports athletes from the start to the elite level. We have 60 grass roots athletics training centres, where we introduce the sport to children from six years old. We take part in all events with full teams, which shows our commitment and respect for the athletes, the greatest assets in our sport.&rdquo;
The Brazilian Athletics Confederation was founded on 2 December 1977, so celebrated its 45th anniversary on Friday.
Other winners already announced as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022 include Gennadii Zuiev (Coaching Achievement Award), Donna Fraser (Woman of the Year), Ukraine Athletic Association (President&rsquo;s Award), Martin Rickett (Photograph of the Year) and Katie Nageotte and Holly Bradshaw (Fair Play Award). The World Athletes of the Year and Rising Stars will be revealed on Monday 5 December.
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The Member Federations Award honours a national governing body that has gone above and beyond to serve its athletes, fans and greater community

Brazil wins Member Federations Award

Katie Nageotte and Holly Bradshaw have been named winners of the International Fair Play Committee&rsquo;s (CIFP) Fair Play Award as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022.
In August, World Athletics invited fans to take to social media to cast their vote for the moment that best exemplified fair play during the World Athletics Championships Oregon22. Following six days of voting, the social media scores were <a href="https://worldathletics.org/awards/news/finalists-fair-play-award-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://worldathletics.org/awards/news/finalists-fair-play-award-2022">combined with jury votes</a> to determine three finalists, before Nageotte and Bradshaw were selected as the winners.
Traditionally the Fair Play Award recognises moments that happen during competition, but this time the honour highlights an act that went beyond the field of play.
In Oregon, Bradshaw injured herself after her pole snapped during the pole vault warm-up session. Her fellow competitor Nageotte immediately went over to support her. Knowing she would no longer be able to contend for a place in the final, Bradshaw withdrew from the competition, thus allowing another athlete to advance. Bradshaw received a lot of abuse on social media for withdrawing, but Nageotte again offered support by taking to Twitter in defence of her competitor.
&ldquo;The reason I wanted to address those negative comments online is first of all, Holly is the toughest athlete I&rsquo;ve possibly ever met. For her to pull out of a competition, especially a World Championships, no one would ever just do that,&rdquo; said Nageotte.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s also ignorance around our sport. It&rsquo;s kind of insulting to the sport as a whole when people say: &lsquo;oh she only fell 2ft, she&rsquo;s really milking it&rsquo;. When you break a pole, it would be like taking a metal baseball bat and hitting it against a metal pole as hard as you can. I&rsquo;ve seen so many injuries from it, so if nothing else, I want to teach people about the sport.&rdquo;
Bradshaw added: &ldquo;No one should be expected to understand (everything about the pole vault) but it&rsquo;s just having that realisation that what you are saying at home and posting online really does affect a person. Putting it online and in the domain, does so much damage. For Katie to stand up and speak out about it, is very important.&rdquo;
Secretary General of CIFP Sunil Sabharwal was also in Oregon during the World Championships. Giving recognition to the way the Fair Play Award has evolved and the winning moment in 2022, he said: &ldquo;When we look for an act of fair play, we are looking for an act where someone goes beyond the call of duty, at times putting themselves at risk. Here what we had was a series of events.
&ldquo;If you think about sports media or sports history, this kind of social media hate is a new phenomenon and the committee and the jury felt that this unwanted, unnecessary and undesired criticism by people who really don&rsquo;t know what is going on, needs to be called out. We were unanimous in supporting this.&rdquo;
On the significance of this recognition, Nageotte added: &ldquo;This award is so important for the next generation because I have always wanted to show that you can be a fierce competitor and phenomenal at what you do and still be a good person. It&rsquo;s more important for me to be remembered as a decent human being than a good athlete and if I can have both of those, then that&rsquo;s great.
&ldquo;I am happy that I could be a part of this, to show people that you can be a good person and that kindness is what we need more of going forward in this world. If I could show a little bit of that I&rsquo;m really happy, and to share it with Holly is pretty awesome.&rdquo;
The <a href="http://www.fairplayinternational.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="http://www.fairplayinternational.org">CIFP</a> was established more than 50 years ago to promote the principles of fair play in sport: fair competition, respect, friendship, team spirit, equality and sport without doping. It honours those who respect the written and unwritten rules of sport, which include integrity, solidarity, tolerance, care, excellence and joy, and who set an example for others, on and off the field. Related to the World Championships alone, 10 awards have been handed out since 2003.
The announcement of the 2022 Fair Play Award comes on the same day as the <a href="https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/online-abuse-study-world-athletics-championships-oregon22" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/online-abuse-study-world-athletics-championships-oregon22">release of an online abuse study conducted by World Athletics during the World Athletics Championships Oregon22</a>. In line with its commitment to safeguarding on and off the field of play, World Athletics organised the study to identify and address abusive comments sent to athletes and will continue conducting research in this area to develop more effective ways to protect athletes from abuse.
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Traditionally the Fair Play Award recognises moments that happen during competition, but this time the honour highlights an act that went beyond the field of play

Nageotte and Bradshaw win Fair Play Award

Martin Rickett&rsquo;s shot of a fall at the water jump during the women's 3000m steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 has been selected as the World Athletics Photograph of the Year.
The fourth award announced as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022, the World Athletics Photograph of the Year shines a spotlight on some of the outstanding images captured by professional photographers.
From the 110 images that were submitted, the panel of judges &ndash; comprising Valerie Adams, Raquel Cavaco Nunes, Ivo Gonzalez, Renaud Lavillenie and Pascal Rondeau &ndash; narrowed the entries to <a href="https://www.worldathletics.org/awards/news/world-athletics-photograph-year-2022-shortlisted-images" target="_blank" rel="noopener">26 shortlisted images</a> and <a href="https://www.worldathletics.org/awards/news/2022-world-athletics-photograph-finalists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three finalists</a> before deciding on the winner.
Rickett&rsquo;s photograph captures Germany's Lea Meyer falling headfirst into the water while competing in the heats on day two of the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field.
It was taken using a remote camera placed two hours before the start of the session.
&ldquo;I could see in the background that somebody had fallen, so I pressed the remote to trigger the camera, but didn&rsquo;t know if the camera had actually fired,&rdquo; explained Rickett, shooting for PA Media. &ldquo;I then had to wait until the end of the session to retrieve the camera and that was a very nervous walk, to see how the images had turned out.
&ldquo;Thank you to World Athletics for putting on this competition. It&rsquo;s great that athletics specialist photographers have their work showcased around the world."
Although somewhat frustrated to have fallen at the World Championships, Meyer, the athlete in the picture, says the moment was a symbolic one of her season.
"When I tripped over the barrier, it was a bit of a wake-up call," she said. "It showed me that, even when I'm in good shape, I still have to make sure I concentrate and have to be 100% focused during the race. I still finished the race, and my time wasn't even that slow. Ultimately that provided me with the confidence that if everything does come together and I am fully focused, I can deliver when it matters. And that&rsquo;s exactly what happened a few weeks later at the European Championships in Munich (where she won the silver medal).
"While it may not have been the best moment for me personally, the photo itself is incredible," she added. "And in hindsight the photo in a way encapsulates how my whole season turned out. 2022 has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs for me, and it illustrates how every time I do fall &ndash; literally or figuratively speaking &ndash; I always get back up."
Rickett is an award-winning sport photographer based in Manchester, UK. Since joining PA Media in 2001, he has covered multiple Olympic and Commonwealth Games, World Athletics Championships and European Championships, as well as many other sports and events.
Other winners already announced as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022 include Gennadii Zuiev (Coaching Achievement Award), Donna Fraser (Woman of the Year) and the Ukrainian Athletic Association (President&rsquo;s Award). Further announcements will be made in the coming days, ahead of the World Athletes of the Year and Rising Stars being revealed on Monday 5 December.
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Martin Rickett’s shot of a fall at the water jump during the steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 has been selected as the World Athletics Photograph of the Year

Rickett captures World Athletics Photograph of the Year

The Ukrainian Athletic Association has been awarded the President&rsquo;s Award as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe presented Ukrainian Athletic Association President Yevhen Pronin with the award on Wednesday (30) at the World Athletics Council Meeting in Rome.
&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t think of anyone worthier than this for this year&rsquo;s award,&rdquo; said Coe. &ldquo;What the Ukrainian Athletics Federation President, the coaches, and the athletes have done is just worthy of everyone&rsquo;s respect and recognition.&rdquo;
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, the majority of Ukraine&rsquo;s elite athletes were unable to continue training, let alone competing. But the country&rsquo;s athletes showed remarkable resilience and made the most of any support that came their way &ndash; including the Ukraine Relief Fund, which was launched in April by World Athletics, the International Athletics Foundation and the Diamond League Association.
Ukraine&rsquo;s elite athletes were then able to find alternative training locations in Europe and the rest of the world, and were ultimately able to compete at this year&rsquo;s major international events. Among their many medal successes in 2022, Yaroslava Mahuchikh took high jump gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22, while Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk won the European triple jump title.
&ldquo;Our country and our federation are currently at the most difficult stage in our history,&rdquo; said Pronin. &ldquo;However, we understand that sport should not only live, it should develop. It&rsquo;s difficult to develop, but we have planned at least five sports festivals in Ukraine in December. Most of our athletes are based in other parts of Europe at the moment, and we&rsquo;d like to thank World Athletics and European Athletics for helping us. Things are still difficult but we know our target and we know how to achieve it.
&ldquo;Earlier this year our federation had a virtual board meeting and we decided that we wouldn&rsquo;t take part in international competitions in 2022 because we didn&rsquo;t know how our athletes and coaches would be able to travel,&rdquo; explained Pronin. &ldquo;But I then thought about it some more and after three days I felt like our athletes must represent Ukraine across the world, so I went back to our board and asked them to change our decision.
&ldquo;In every championships this year, our athletes have competed for medals, we have shown our flag, and we have heard our national anthem,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;But just as importantly, it has given people from our country an opportunity to talk to international media to let them know what is happening back in Ukraine.&rdquo;
Coe said that he could think of no one more deserving of this year&rsquo;s award than the Ukrainian federation and its athletes.
&ldquo;For the resistance and fortitude that your athletes have shown &ndash; supported by you, your federation and your coaches &ndash; that is why I felt absolutely impelled to present this year&rsquo;s President&rsquo;s Award to you and your federation,&rdquo; said Coe. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not just the federation; it&rsquo;s the coaches, the administrators, and the support you had at a governmental level. Really this award is for all of you, but particularly for you, Yevhenii, for the extraordinary effort you&rsquo;ve made to primarily keep the athletes in competition and in training. It has been one of the greatest contributions that anyone has made to our sport in a very long time.&rdquo;
The President's Award, first awarded in 2016, recognises and honours exceptional service to athletics. Past winners of the award include British journalist Vikki Orvice, Swiss meeting director Andreas Brugger, Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt and Kenyan distance great Tegla Loroupe.
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The Ukrainian Athletic Association has been awarded the President’s Award as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022.

Ukrainian Athletic Association wins President’s Award

Former sprinter Donna Fraser, a champion for gender equality and the empowerment of women in athletics, has been named Woman of the Year as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022.
The two-time world 4x400m medallist and 2000 Olympic 400m fourth-place finisher was a force on the field of play and has shown that same drive and passion in numerous projects off the track.
A World Athletics gender leadership moderator since 2019, Fraser regularly features in the governing body&rsquo;s speaking panels and webinars on the topic, and frequently appears in the media to talk about diversity and inclusion.
She has held roles including equality, diversity and engagement lead at UK Athletics and in 2021 she received an OBE for services to equality, inclusion and diversity in the workplace.
This year she served as head of inclusion and engagement for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, 24 years on from her bronze medal win at the Games in Kuala Lumpur. Fraser has also been a trustee, adviser and board member for many organisations such as the London Marathon Charitable Trust, Women&rsquo;s Sport Trust, British Athletes Commission, International Women&rsquo;s Group and Her Spirit.
&ldquo;Women have different skills to men, and we need that diversity of thought,&rdquo; Fraser said. &ldquo;Our sport is extremely diverse, so that has to be replicated across all levels.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s easy saying that we want more diversity in our sport, but what pathway is put in place to make sure that that is done? World Athletics has absolutely put its best foot forward to make sure that happens.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m honoured to be part of this (gender leadership) programme. I love making a difference to my peers and seeing women wanting to excel themselves.&rdquo;
The Woman of the Year Award gives recognition to those that have made an outstanding contribution to promoting the advancement of gender equality in athletics.
This year it is the second honour announced as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022. On Monday (28), Gennadii Zuiev was named winner of the <a href="https://www.worldathletics.org/awards/news/coaching-achievement-award-2022-gennadii-zuiev" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coaching Achievement Award</a> and further announcements will be made in the coming days, ahead of the World Athletes of the Year and Rising Stars being revealed on Monday 5 December.
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Former sprinter Donna Fraser has been named Woman of the Year as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022

Fraser wins Woman of the Year Award

Gennadii Zuiev has been named as the recipient of the Coaching Achievement Award, the first winner to be announced as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022.
Despite the conflict in their home country of Ukraine, Zuiev continued to guide high jumper Andriy Protsenko to world and European medals in 2022, also working with other athletes to overcome the difficulties they faced.
A former national level high jumper himself, Zuiev turned to coaching in 1999 and started working with a 13-year-old Protsenko a few years later. Protsenko was a sprinter at the time, but Zuiev encouraged him to try the high jump and the 34-year-old has gone on to become a multiple world and European medallist, who has a PB of 2.40m.
Protsenko&rsquo;s most recent achievements are the bronze he claimed at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 and the medal of the same colour he won at the European Championships in Munich. 
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 Zuiev and Protsenko both live in the Kherson region of Ukraine and Protsenko spent around five weeks under the Russian occupation in March and April. Improvising with home-made equipment, he was still able to train and their hard work paid off when Protsenko made the podium in Oregon and Munich.
&ldquo;This award is a big surprise for me, but I&rsquo;m really satisfied and I&rsquo;m glad that the work of Andriy and I was highly regarded by World Athletics,&rdquo; said Zuiev.
&ldquo;We tried to keep fit, as we realised that the only thing we could do was to continue our routine job, aiming to prepare for international competitions as best as possible. Certainly, it was crazy difficult. It is difficult to even think about training and competition when there is a war in your own country. These thoughts haunted us constantly.
&ldquo;The world bronze medal is as good as gold for me and Andriy, especially taking into account what he had to overcome on the road to get it.&rdquo;
As well as guiding world-class athletes, Zuiev has delivered a number of seminars for Ukrainian coaches and in 2018 and 2019 he shared his two decades of experience as part of presentations on the topic of &lsquo;long term development of a world class high jumper&rsquo;.
The Coaching Achievement Award is the first of 10 honours celebrated as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022. Further announcements will be made in the coming days, ahead of the World Athletes of the Year and Rising Stars being revealed on Monday 5 December.
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Despite the conflict in their home country of Ukraine, Zuiev continued to guide high jumper Andriy Protsenko to world and European medals in 2022

Zuiev receives Coaching Achievement Award

Ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2022, a digital exhibition has been created featuring the 26 images shortlisted for World Athletics Photograph of the Year.
From the 110 images that were submitted, a panel of judges &ndash; comprising Valerie Adams, Raquel Cavaco Nunes, Ivo Gonzalez, Renaud Lavillenie and Pascal Rondeau &ndash; selected the below 26 shortlisted images and then the three finalists.
The <a href="https://worldathletics.org/awards/news/2022-world-athletics-photograph-finalists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">finalists were announced on 12 November</a> and the winning photograph will be revealed on World Athletics&rsquo; social media platforms on 2 December, as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022. 
<h2>Digital exhibition of shortlisted images </h2>
<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2e6c2744e5fecedc7caa.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Grant Holloway of USA strides away from the chasing pack while competing in the men's 60m hurdles semifinals during day three of the World Athletics Indoor Championships at the Stark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia Photo by Sam Barnes, Sportsfile 
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e30ef2744e5fecedc7ce0.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Netherlands&rsquo; Rutger Koppelaar in action during the men's pole vault final at the European Championships in Munich 2022 Photo by Christian Bruna, EPA-EFE
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e30ce2744e5fecedc7cdd.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Shaunae Miller-Uibo of The Bahamas rounds the final turn in her 400m race at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 Photo by Jeff Cohen
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e31c65b75f9116d7f21f4.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Jamaica&rsquo;s Shericka Jackson crosses the finish line as 200m champion at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 Photo by Solene Decosta
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2ec12744e5fecedc7cb3.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Korea's world indoor gold medallist Woo Sanghyeok celebrates after clearing 2.33m in the high jump at the Wanda Diamond League in Doha Photo by Vinod Divakaran, Inside Qatar
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2dbd2744e5fecedc7c9e.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />World record-holder Barbora Spotakova competes in the javelin throw at the Czech Championships in Hodonin Photo by Eduard Erben, Czech Photo Agency
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e30a02744e5fecedc7cd7.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Spectators react as Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis breaks his own world record by jumping 6.21m at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 Photo by Alberto Estevez, Agencia Efe
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2f002744e5fecedc7cb9.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />The track and sky colour match during the women&rsquo;s 800m final at the European Championships in Munich Photo by Quentin Felden
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e31325b75f9116d7f21f1.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Netherlands' Rutger Koppelaar competes in the men's pole vault final during the European Championships in Munich Photo by Andrej Isakovic, Agence France-Presse
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2e4c2744e5fecedc7ca7.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Belgian Nafissatou Thiam pictured in action during the long jump competition, part of the women's heptathlon, at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 Photo by Jasper Jacobs
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e306e2744e5fecedc7cd1.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Switzerland&rsquo;s Ditaji Kambundji after her fall in the 60m hurdles final at the World Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 Photo by Tobias Lackner
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e30b72744e5fecedc7cda.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Runners race over the water jump in the steeplechase during the 62nd Mt. San Antonio College Relays in Walnut, California Photo by Kirby Lee
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2edc2744e5fecedc7cb6.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Captain Sweden, Mondo Duplantis, after his six metre jump during the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Lausanne Photo by Chiara Montesano, Vinco Sport
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e31175b75f9116d7f21ee.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />A tero, a typical bird of South America, stands on the track as Jamaica and USA race to the finish line during the women&rsquo;s 4x100m relay final at the World U20 Championships Cali 22 Photo by Oscar Munoz Badilla, fotografiadeportiva
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2ea42744e5fecedc7cb0.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago celebrates after winning gold in the final of the men's 200m at the Commonwealth Games at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England Photo by Phil Noble, Reuters
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2f182744e5fecedc7cbc.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Concentration, focus, determination: Germany&rsquo;s Kristin Pudenz en route to silver in the women&rsquo;s discus at the European Championships in Munich Photo by Klaus Peters
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2f9c2744e5fecedc7cc2.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Mondo Duplantis of Sweden celebrates after setting a world record and winning gold in the men's pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 Photo by Christian Petersen, Getty Images
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2fd12744e5fecedc7cc8.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />&lsquo;Somewhere over the rainbow&rsquo;: Netherlands' Rutger Koppelaar in action during the men's pole vault final at the European Championships in Munich Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2de22744e5fecedc7ca1.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Abigail Irozuru of Team England takes part in a practice jump for the women's long jump final at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Alexander Stadium Photo by David Ramos, Getty Images
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2f582744e5fecedc7cbf.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Germany's Lea Meyer falls headfirst into the water while competing in the women's 3000m steeplechase on day two of the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Oregon, USA Photo by Martin Rickett, PA Media
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2ff82744e5fecedc7ccb.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Andreas Hofmann in action during javelin throw qualification at the European Championships in Munich Photo by Felix Sanchez Arrazola, fotorunners.es
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2fb12744e5fecedc7cc5.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />USA&rsquo;s Noah Lyles celebrates winning gold in the men's 200m final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 Photo by Ezra Shaw, Getty Images
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e30892744e5fecedc7cd4.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Sweden&rsquo;s Mondo Duplantis celebrates his world record during the men&rsquo;s pole vault final at the World Athletics Championship Oregon22 Photo by Pawel Skraba, Super Express Media Group
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2e132744e5fecedc7ca4.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Germany's Lea Meyer falls as she competes in the women's 3000m steeplechase heats during the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 Photo by Ben Stansall, Agence France-Presse
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e2e882744e5fecedc7cad.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Sasha Zhoya breaks the last barrier in the 110m hurdles final at the Munich 2022 European Championships Photo by Matthieu Tourault, Mattphot Photography
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<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/637e30372744e5fecedc7cce.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />Australia&rsquo;s Kurtis Marschall competes during the men&rsquo;s pole vault qualification at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 Photo by Morgan Treacy

A digital exhibition has been created featuring the 26 images shortlisted for World Athletics Photograph of the Year

Digital exhibition: 2022 World Athletics Photograph of the Year shortlisted images

As the World Athletics Awards 2022 draws near, we shine a spotlight on the finalists for the World Athlete of the Year awards.
The World Athletes of the Year will be announced on World Athletics&rsquo; social media platforms in early December, as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022. 
<h2>Yulimar Rojas</h2>
Based purely on her margins of victory and her winning streak, Yulimar Rojas is arguably the most dominant athlete in any event right now.
And given her impact on the world all-time lists and her ever-growing list of accolades, she can lay claim to being the greatest ever exponent in the women&rsquo;s triple jump.
Even before 2022 began, the 27-year-old had already achieved all there is to win in the sport &ndash; Olympic gold, world titles indoors and out, as well as her world records indoors and outdoors. But the Venezuelan, clearly as motivated as ever, continued to improve in 2022 as she added two more global titles to her already impressive collection.
Her season opener hinted at what the year would have in store. She won at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Madrid with 15.41m, the second-best indoor jump in history and just two centimetres shy of her own world indoor record.
But the standout moment of her year came 18 days later at the World Indoor Championships Belgrade 22, just her second competition of 2022, where she won her third successive title in an outright world record of 15.74m, adding seven centimetres to the world record she set when winning Olympic gold in Tokyo last year.
Despite some minor injury concerns delaying the start to her outdoor season, Rojas&rsquo;s undefeated streak continued when she resumed competition in June. 
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 She then went on to win her third consecutive outdoor world title in Oregon with a world-leading 15.47m.
Having achieved her major goals for the year, Rojas recorded three more victories at the end of the season, all of them beyond 15 metres. She won in Monaco with 15.01m, then dominated in Lausanne with 15.31m before wrapping up her season with victory at the Wanda Diamond League final (15.28m). 
<h2>Noah Lyles</h2>
From May until September, Noah Lyles simply did not slow down over 200m.
The US sprinter was undefeated in his specialist event this year, breaking 20 seconds in all 12 of his races over the distance, including heats and finals.
His season opener of 19.86 in Clermont was followed 12 days later with a marginally wind-aided 19.72 victory at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Doha. One month later, he clocked 19.61 to win at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in New York.
He was pushed by rising sprint star Erriyon Knighton at the US Championships, but Lyles still emerged victorious, winning in 19.67 to the teenager&rsquo;s 19.69. His next focus was defending his title at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.
Lyles did not disappoint. And despite it being the World Championships final, Lyles produced one of his most dominant runs of the year to lead a US sweep of the medals, winning by almost half a second in 19.31 to break Michael Johnson&rsquo;s long-standing US record and move to third on the world all-time list. Two days later, Lyles formed part of USA&rsquo;s silver medal-winning 4x100m team. 
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 He maintained his momentum after the World Championships, winning the 200m in Monaco (19.46) and Lausanne (19.56) before clocking a season&rsquo;s best of 9.95 to win the 100m in Berlin.
His season drew to a close at the Wanda Diamond League Final, where he ran a meeting record of 19.52 to win the series title &ndash; his fourth career Diamond Trophy in the 200m and fifth overall.

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As the World Athletics Awards 2022 draws near, we shine a spotlight on the finalists for the World Athlete of the Year awards.
The World Athletes of the Year will be announced on World Athletics&rsquo; social media platforms in early December, as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022. 
<h2>Sydney McLaughlin</h2>
How do you follow a year that featured two world records and two global gold medal wins? If you&rsquo;re Sydney McLaughlin, then you repeat those remarkable feats.
In 2022, the 23-year-old improved her own world 400m hurdles record by 0.78, first to 51.41 at the US Championships and then to an awe-inspiring 50.68 at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22. That secured her a first individual senior world title, and she followed it by anchoring the US team to another 4x400m victory.
McLaughlin started her season with a 100m hurdles win at the end of April and ran her first 400m hurdles race of the year in Nashville at the start of June, making a statement with a 51.61 win. At that point it was the third-fastest time ever recorded behind her own world record of 51.46 and Dalilah Muhammad&rsquo;s 51.58 from the Tokyo Olympics, but those were not to remain history&rsquo;s three fastest times for long.
Lining up at the US Championships at Hayward Field, McLaughlin cruised through her heat and semifinal before making her world record-breaking run in the final look similarly effortless. Crossing the finish line with 51.41 on the clock, she improved the world record by 0.05.
After that race, providing a hint of what could still be to come, she said: &ldquo;I think there&rsquo;s a little bit more in the tank there, so hopefully when it&rsquo;s time we can just empty it completely.&rdquo;
Turns out, there was quite a lot left in the tank.
Back at Hayward Field a month later, and having again eased through the earlier rounds, McLaughlin obliterated her previous best, running 50.68 as the home crowd and the rest of the world watched on in amazement. 
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 &ldquo;The sport is getting faster and faster,&rdquo; said McLaughlin, who was followed over the finish line by Femke Bol and Muhammad, respectively the third- and second-fastest women&rsquo;s 400m hurdles in history. &ldquo;Just figuring out what barriers can be broken. I only get faster from here.&rdquo;
Two days later, McLaughlin returned to the track to clock a 47.91 anchor leg and help the home team to secure a dominant 4x400m win. She then closed her season with a 51.68 win at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Szekesfehervar &ndash; a European all-comers&rsquo; record and the sixth fastest time ever recorded.
As attention turns to 2023 and the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she said: &ldquo;We are excited to be here (in Hungary) and scouting out everything ahead of the worlds next year.&rdquo;
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<h2>Eliud Kipchoge</h2>
Eliud Kipchoge continues to live up to his mantra: no human is limited. In 2022, not only did the Kenyan marathon great win two major races in Tokyo and Berlin, but he also improved his own world record to 2:01:09 &ndash; more than half a minute faster than any other athlete has ever achieved.
His first race of the year came in Tokyo in March, back in the city where he won his second Olympic marathon title last year. Before the race, Kipchoge had written 'ST:RO:NG' instead of numbers on his finish time prediction card and he achieved that aim, running 2:02:40 for a Japanese all-comers' record and the fourth-fastest time ever recorded in a record-eligible event behind his own world record of 2:01:39 set in Berlin in 2018.
&ldquo;I said I wanted to run strong in Japan and I did, I ran a course record,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I am really happy I won another major marathon.&rdquo;
It put him a step closer to another of his aims - winning each of the six Abbott World Marathon Majors. After victories in London, Berlin, Chicago and now Tokyo &ndash; all also World Athletics Elite Platinum Label road races &ndash; the 38-year-old will target Boston and New York City at some point in the future to compete the set.
Before that, however, he had business to attend to in Berlin.
In September, back at the scene of his 2018 world record, Kipchoge pushed the global mark further out of reach for the rest of the distance-running world. Clocking 2:01:09, he took half a minute off his previous world record and won by almost five minutes. 
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 Unlike his last world record run, Kipchoge went out hard and was not just comfortably inside world record pace, but also inside a projected two-hour finish as the half way point was passed in 59:50.
Although his pace then started to drop slightly, Kipchoge always remained on world record tempo.
"I wanted to run the first half so fast. No limitations,&rdquo; he said. "After 38km I knew I would be capable of breaking the world record.&rdquo;

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As the World Athletics Awards 2022 draws near, we shine a spotlight on the finalists for the World Athlete of the Year awards.
The World Athletes of the Year will be announced on World Athletics&rsquo; social media platforms in early December, as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022. 
<h2>Kimberly Garcia</h2>
After a decade of breaking national records and establishing herself as the leading athlete in Peru, Kimberly Garcia&rsquo;s year-on-year progress continued in 2022 when she stepped up to become the best race walker in the entire world.
Her season started in February with silver in the 20km at the South American Race Walking Championships, adding to the gold she won in 2014 and her bronze from 2018 to complete a full set of medals from the continental event.
One month later, she earned her first ever podium finish at a global championship event, placing third in the 20km at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Muscat 22.
Garcia made her 35km debut in Dudince in April, finishing second in a South American record of 2:43:19. May was a much busier month, but she maintained her consistency with a 20km victory in Rio Maior, a 10km runner-up finish in Madrid, a 10,000m silver medal at the Ibero-American Championships and a 20km PB of 1:28:38 in La Coruna, again finishing second.
Following a busy few months, she opted not to race again until the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, where she was entered for both the 20km and 35km events. Although she was considered a strong medal contender in both events, few would have predicted what was to unfold in Oregon. 
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 At the start of the championships, she won the 20km convincingly in a national record of 1:26:58, finishing 33 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor and, more significantly, becoming the first athlete from Peru to win a world title.
One week later, she doubled her country&rsquo;s all-time gold medal haul at the World Championships when she won the 35km by an even bigger margin, this time 47 seconds, in a South American record of 2:39:16, becoming the first woman to win two race walking titles at one global championships.
Unsurprisingly, she ended the year world ranked No.1 in both the 20km and 35km. 
<h2>Jakob Ingebrigtsen</h2>
He may have still only been 21 at the start of this year, but Jakob Ingebrigtsen already had numerous continental titles to his name, as well as Olympic gold. But in 2022 he ticked off two more boxes on his ever-growing list of career accomplishments.
The first of those &ndash; a world record &ndash; came in his season opener in Lievin in February. Running a perfect race in the 1500m at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, the Norwegian runner stopped the clock at 3:30.60 to take almost half a second off the previous world indoor record.
A bout of Covid prevented him from being at his best at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, but he still managed to emerge with the silver medal.
He returned to winning ways during the outdoor season and won all but one of his races at 1500m and above. His early season streak included mile victories at the Wanda Diamond League meetings in Eugene and Oslo; the latter with a world-leading national record of 3:46.46.
Ingebrigtsen was surprisingly beaten in his specialist discipline at the World Championships, but he rebounded five days later to win the 5000m, earning his first world title in athletics. 
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 One month later, he successfully defended his European titles over 1500m and 5000m with the finals of those races just two days apart.
His winning habit continued through the end of the season as he won the 1500m at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Lausanne in a world-leading 3:29.05 and he then improved that time with his 3:29.02 victory at the Wanda Diamond League Final in Zurich.
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Ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2022, World Athletics is delighted to announce the six finalists for the Member Federation Award.
The Member Federation Award honours a national governing body that has gone above and beyond to serve its athletes, fans and greater community. The shortlisted federations were nominated by each of the six area associations.
The winner will be announced on World Athletics&rsquo; social media platforms in early December, as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022.
The six nominees, listed alphabetically, are:
<h3>Brazil (Confederacao Brasileira de Atletismo, South America)</h3>
Brazil hosted six international events successfully in 2022, including the South American U18 and U23 Championships, the South American Cross Country Championships, the Pan-American Cross Country Championships, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting, and an international grand prix.
The federation secured two revolutionary sponsorship deals, benefitting the country&rsquo;s elite athletes as well as providing a boost to the sport at grass roots level.
<h3>Guam (Guam Track and Field Association, Oceania)</h3>
Significant governance reforms at Guam Track and Field have led to an athletics resurgence within Guam, as underlined by the country&rsquo;s performance at the U18 and U20 Oceania Championships, as well as at the Pacific Games.
Guam will host the Oceania Cross Country Championships at the end of 2022, the country&rsquo;s first area championships for more than 10 years and a direct result of the hard work the federation has done in governance over the past year.
The federation has also signed multiple sponsor and partnership agreements for the national kit and local competitions.
<h3>Jamaica (Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, NACAC)</h3>
In the face of difficult health and economic circumstances, Jamaica stepped forward to host the 49th Carifta Games. The record-breaking performances at the event were reflective of the preparations and commitment of the local organising committee, which was put in place by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA).
The country&rsquo;s athletes &ndash; particularly the women &ndash; produced outstanding performances at the elite end, namely at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22, the Commonwealth Games, and on the Wanda Diamond League circuit.
Jamaica&rsquo;s O&rsquo;Dayne Richards, meanwhile, was elected Chair of the NACAC Athletes&rsquo; Commission.
<h3>Kenya (Athletics Kenya, Africa)</h3>
Athletics Kenya was the first member federation to sign the Sport for Climate Action Framework, underlining the governing body&rsquo;s position at the forefront of climate action in Kenya.
Since August 2021, when it signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Athletics Kenya has installed four air quality sensors in the Kasarani Stadium, Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi National Park and Nakuru Athletics Club, with more to come.
As well as staging the only Continental Tour Gold meeting in Africa, Kenya also hosted a media development programme for the African region in 2022.
At the elite end of the sport, Kenya topped the medals table at the African Championships, winning 10 gold medals, five silver and eight bronze. Eliud Kipchoge also lowered his own marathon world record, while Faith Kipyegon and Emmanuel Korir added world titles to the Olympic gold medals they won last year.
<h3>Korea (Korea Association of Athletics Federations, Asia)</h3>
Years of investment finally paid off for the Korea Association of Athletics Federations in 2022 as high jumper Woo Sanghyeok won world indoor gold &ndash; the country&rsquo;s first global indoor title. He went on to take silver at the World Championships in Oregon and performed consistently on the international circuit.
The country is preparing to host the Asian U20 Championships in June next year and is bidding for the 2025 Asian Championships.
They also continue their fine work in the grass roots of the sport, including building and launching their own national development centre which aims to host training camps for national and international athletes.
<h3>Spain (Real Federacion Espanola de Atletismo, Europe)</h3>
The inaugural European Off-Road Running Championships, a continental championship that combined trail and mountain running, took place in El Paso on the Spanish island of La Palma in July. Despite the odds &ndash; including a volcano eruption in the lead-up to the event &ndash; the championships was a tremendous success.
Spain also hosted the inaugural Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) European U20 Clubs competition, where more than 200 athletes representing teams from 11 countries took part in what was billed the &lsquo;Clash of the clubs&rsquo;.
Showcasing all they learned in the hosting of these events, Spain staged an international conference in October entitled &lsquo;Team Athletics: The Sport&rsquo;s New Offer&rsquo;.
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The World Athletes of the Year will be announced on World Athletics&rsquo; social media platforms in early December, as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022.
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<h2>Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce</h2>
To put Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce&rsquo;s incredible consistency in 2022 into context, just five women in history have ever broken 10.70 for 100m. Fraser-Pryce surpassed that mark seven times throughout the season and one of those performances &ndash; her 10.67 in Oregon &ndash; saw the Jamaican become the first athlete to win five world titles in a single individual running event.
In her 15th season of international racing, the 35-year-old sprint star continued to blaze a trail.
She started her year with a 200m race in Kingston before opening her 100m campaign in style in Nairobi. Running 10.67 &ndash; a time she would match on three other occasions in the months to follow &ndash; Fraser-Pryce achieved the fastest ever women&rsquo;s 100m season opener. It set the tone for all that was to come.
A time of 10.67 also secured her victory at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Paris in June before she turned her attention to the Jamaican Championships and then the World Athletics Championships Oregon22. Back on the global stage, she raced seven times in eight days and won three medals &ndash; her fifth world 100m crown followed by silver medals in the 200m and 4x100m to take her career tally of global medals to 23, with 14 of those being gold.
In Oregon she led a Jamaican sweep of the medals in what was the deepest ever women&rsquo;s World Championships 100m final, as seven of the eight finalists dipped under 11 seconds.
"I feel blessed to have this talent and to continue to do it at 35, (after) having a baby, still going, and hopefully inspiring women that they can make their own journey," she said. 
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 After that, her own journey continued at the Diamond League meeting in Silesia where Fraser-Pryce again dipped under 10.70 with a winning 10.66. She then ran 10.67 to win in Szekesfehervar and improved her world lead to 10.62 &ndash; a time that only she and two other athletes have ever bettered &ndash; to win in Monaco.
She clocked 10.74 for the runner-up spot in Brussels and returned to the top in Zurich, clocking 10.65 to win the fifth Diamond Trophy of her career.
&ldquo;I am very proud that I came away with a 10.65,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I started (the season) with a 10.6 and I finish with a 10.6, so there is nothing more I could ask for.&rdquo;
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<h2>Soufiane El Bakkali</h2>
Morocco&rsquo;s Soufiane El Bakkali started the year as an Olympic champion and ended it as a world title winner, doubling his career tally of global gold medals with victory at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.
He too achieved great consistency, remaining unbeaten throughout the season and running a world lead of 7:58.28 in front of a delighted home crowd at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rabat.
The 26-year-old made his season debut at the Diamond League in Doha, winning there in 8:09.66. With his focus on Oregon, he raced just once more before lining up at Hayward Field, sending a message to his rivals with that world-leading performance in Rabat.
&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t describe my happiness in winning this race,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Achieving a world lead and a meeting record in front of a home audience is just incredible.&rdquo;
Once in Oregon &ndash; El Bakkali&rsquo;s second visit to the United States after he competed in the same city at the 2014 World U20 Championships &ndash; his experience paid off as he timed his kick to perfection in a tactical race.
Surging away with 200 metres to go, El Bakkali beat Ethiopia&rsquo;s Lamecha Girma and Kenya&rsquo;s Conseslus Kipruto to complete his set of World Championships medals, adding a gold to the silver he won in London in 2017 and the bronze he claimed in Doha in 2019.
His celebrations included taking a dip in the water jump on his victory lap. 
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 World gold secured, he turned his attention to the Diamond League Final and after a win in Lausanne in 8:02.45 he returned to Switzerland to claim his first Diamond Trophy in Zurich.
&ldquo;This year was amazing for me, winning the World Championships and the Diamond race,&rdquo; he reflected. &ldquo;What a wonderful season. I won so many races.&rdquo;
One more win was still to come, as he capped his season with an African best in Zagreb. Running 5:14.06 in the 2000m steeplechase, he moved to third on the world all-time list for the event.

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