World Athletics Names McLaughlin-Levrone World Athlete of the Year

The World Athletics has named American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone the Female World Athlete of the Year.

McLaughlin-Levrone beat Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan and three others for the prestigious honor.

Amusan, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Peru’s Kimberly Garcia, and Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas were the other finalists.