Lol. World Athletics track athlete of the year finalist are SML and Femke Bol. What a joke. Where is Beatrice Chebet or MJW?

From what I could gather online, the “WA Family” includes WA member federations, athletes, coaches, journalists, and officials. Those folks understand the significance of what Sydney did in Tokyo.

The Council is described here:

worldathletics.org

Council

Council Page

Link:worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/structur...

"Those folks understand the significance of what Sydney did in Tokyo..."

I wouldn't be so sure. On top of that, you think all of those groups are equally unbiased & objective? Hell no.

If 75% of votes are truly knowledgeable people that base their vote on athlete achievements, Chebet and MJW would have been the finalists. So I'm not as confident in the unbiased expertise of the Council and/or Family as you seem to be.

Please read the thread if you want to know what I think. I’ve already said there must have been subjectivity in the voting because that’s the only explanation for Bol being a finalist.

I think it’s fair to say WA member federations, athletes, coaches, journalists, and officials understand the significance of what Sydney did in Tokyo. Go back and watch the video of her race. There was a collective gasp in the stadium when people saw her time. They knew they had just witnessed a special performance.

I like how WA spreads responsibility for allowing member federations control over the stellar volunteers they select to officiate and report on their nation's team for TV etc. In contrast the DL locks out countries, does not recognize national federations, roadblocking innovation. Every track club, charity meet, university, publication and website was denied permission by the DL to cover the DL Final in Zurich this year. The DL instead picked their own representation, had 'rights free' materials universally available for nations. But that is not 'free press' the right to report on what we observe not the DL's crafted narrative.