Duplantis wins top award and takes aim at Grand Slam Track’s exclusion of field events
Duplantis named World Athletics’ male athlete of year
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins top female award
Armand Duplantis has capped a remarkable 2025, in which he broke four world records and won another world title, by being named World Athletics’ male athlete of the year.
Immediately after picking up the award, the Swedish pole vaulter took aim at Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track, which collapsed in the summer and is still yet to pay athletes their full prize money.