Kosgei among five finalists for female athlete of the year

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Kenya's marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei is among five finalists for the Female Athlete of the Year award after the sport's governing body, World Athletics, narrowed down the initial list of 11 nominees. Kosgei finished last month's Chicago Marathon in two hours, 14 minutes and four seconds to break Briton Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old world record. American Dalilah Muhammad, who broke her own 400m hurdles world record to claim gold at the world championships, was also among the finalists announced on Tuesday alongside Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas and the Netherlands' Sifan Hassan.

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