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Valerie Adams on IAAF AoY shortlist - TheEd - 21-10-2014 Valerie Adams is one of the three finalists for the women’s World Athlete of the Year Award. With little more than a month to go until the 2014 World Athletics Gala, the IAAF has announced the names of the three men and three women who are still in contention to become the 2014 World Athletes of the Year. The finalists were selected after a two-week-long poll of the world athletics family*. The Council of the International Athletics Foundation will select the male and female winners, with the announcement taking place live on stage during the 2014 World Athletics Gala in Monaco on Friday 21 November 2014. The finalists for the World Athlete of the Year Award are (in alphabetical order): Men: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT), Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (KEN), Renaud Lavillenie (FRA). Women: Valerie Adams (NZL), Genzebe Dibaba (ETH), Dafne Schippers (NED). *World athletics family: IAAF & IAF Council members; IAAF national member federations; IAAF Committee & Commission members; IAAF meeting directors; IAAF athlete ambassadors; athletes’ representatives; top athletes; members of the international press; IAAF staff members and the IAAF’s official partners. Valerie Adams on IAAF AoY shortlist - NicBathgate - 16-01-2016 Valerie Adams is an incredible athlete, one of NZ's athletic superstars! Go Val!