Kenya's marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Colombian jumper Caterine Ibarguen have been honoured as IAAF athletes of the year at the annual awards ceremony.
Olympic champion Kipchoge shattered the world marathon record by 78 seconds in September as he completed the Berlin Marathon in two hours, one minute and 39 seconds while Ibarguen was the Diamond League champion in both the long jump and triple jump.
Both are first-time winners of the award.
Kipchoge's performance marked the biggest improvement in the marathon record since Australian Derek Clayton took almost two and a half minutes off the mark way back in 1967.
The 34-year-old Kenyan also won the London Marathon in 2018.
Ibarguen, the Olympic champion in the triple jump, was undefeated in eight finals in the event. Her triple jump of 14.96 metres in Rabat, Morocco was the longest in the world in 2018.
The 34-year-old also was IAAF Continental Cup and Central American and Caribbean champion in both the long jump and triple jump.
Votes by IAAF Council members counted for 50 per cent of the results with online public votes and ballots by the IAAF Family counting for 25 per cent each.
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