Budapest World Championships 400 metre hurdles finalist Roshawn Clarke is among the three finalists named by World Athletics for the 2023 men’s rising star award.
The award will recognise this year’s best under 20 athlete at the World Athletics Awards 2023.
The nominations reflect some of the standout performances that the sport has witnessed this year, at the world athletics championships budapest 23, World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23, one-day meeting circuits and other events around the world.
Clarke who produced a world under 20 record record of 47.34 seconds in Budapest after equalling the record with a time of 47.85 seconds at the national championships earlier at the National Stadium placed 4th at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest
The other finalists for the award are world championships 200 metres finalist Erriyon Knighton of the usa and the Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi ………..the World Championships 800 meters silver medalist, who is also the World Cross Country mixed relay champion
The winner of the 2023 men’s rising star award will be selected by an international panel of experts and will be announced on the World Athletics’ platforms on December 11.