Last week, we dissected the men’s field for the IAAF Athlete of the Year. Today, I’ll run through the final 11 for the women’s award. It’s a competitive group, with at least four with a compelling cases to win. Here are the nominees:

The IAAF announced the 11 men’s finalists for 2019 Athlete of the Year on Monday. 

Between the World Championships, Alberto Salazar's anti-doping ban, a 1:59:40 marathon, and a women's marathon world record, it has been a wild two-week span in the running world.

On Sunday, Mo Farah returns to the Chicago Marathon course that hosted his best marathon performance to date. In 2018, Farah ran 2:05:11 to break the European record and give him the first major marathon victory of his career. 

The 2019 IAAF World Championships were a whirlwind of brilliant performances, controversy, and many a laser-light show.

Timothy Cheruiyot won his first world title by leading wire-to-wire in the 1500m, Nia Ali upset Keni Harrison and Danielle Williams in the high hurdles and a former DIII runner anchored Team USA to gold.

IAAF World Athletics Champs day ten photo album by Travis Miller.

MEDAL COUNT: 2019 IAAF World Championships

From Olympic silver to world gold.

The tenth and final day of the 2019 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships is going down today in Doha, Qatar, where we'll see conclusions to the women's long jump, men's 1500m, men's javelin, men's 10,000m, women's 100m hurdles, and the men's and women's 4x400m relays—follow along with our live updates below by refreshing this page frequently!