Below are FloTrack’s top five professional female performers of 2019:

5. Malaika Mihambo, Long Jump

Mihambo didn't lose outdoors, taking the Diamond League title and gold at the World Championships. And she ended her year in style--jumping 7.30 meters in Doha, a lifetime best.

Malaika Mihambo finds GOLD in the sand pit, winning the Women's Long Jump for Germany ??#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/L8NN2qeHoo

— IAAFDoha2019 (@IAAFDoha2019) October 6, 2019

4. Salwa Eid Naser, 400m

Naser turned in the most stunning performance of the World Championships, running 48.14 and moving her to third all-time in the 400m. It also scored her a big victory over Shaunae Miller-Ubio, one of the biggest favorites in the entire meet. 

Third fastest time in history!

What an incredible 400m final.

The gold goes to 21-year-old Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain.

? https://t.co/9DGgcwvQ35 #bbcathletics #WorldAthleticChamps pic.twitter.com/F9nG2p5xBL

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) October 3, 2019

3. Sifan Hassan, 1500m - 10,000m

These top three are so hard to separate--each making their own unique case. For Hassan, it was about range. No one had completed a 1500m and 10,000m golden double before she did it (comfortably) in Doha. On top of that, she won the Diamond League titles in the 1500m and 5000m and ran a 65-minute half marathon. 

Women’s European Athlete of the Year finalist: Sifan Hassan ??

? World 1500m and 10,000m champion
? Diamond League 1500m and 5000m champion
⏱ World mile record of 4:12.33
⏱ European 1500m, 3000m and 5000m records#GoldenTracks pic.twitter.com/HVOUaGUpmX

— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) October 25, 2019

2. Dalilah Muhammad, 400m Hurdles

Muhammad broke the world record twice--and did it on the biggest stages--first, at the USATF Championships in Des Moines and again at the World Championships in Doha. The second came with little room for error as she held off Sydney McLaughlin, who put up the third-best mark in history. 

Dalilah Muhammad breaks the 400m hurdles world record. pic.twitter.com/vldGRMkVAY

— Nick Zaccardi (@nzaccardi) July 29, 2019

1. Brigid Kosgei, Marathon/Half-Marathon

She only broke the world record once, but she did it by a staggering margin, knocking 81 seconds off of Paula Radcliffe's mark that appeared out of reach for the current generation. Add in the fact that she dominated the most competitive marathon of the year in London and ran the fast half-marathon ever recorded and Kosgei did basically everything a marathoner could do in a year. 

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record -- winning the Chicago Marathon in two hours, 14 minutes and four secondshttps://t.co/eUxmL50PNj pic.twitter.com/ommkXgOZn2

— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 14, 2019