Duplantis and McLaughlin-Levrone received athletics’ top 2025 honors
World Athletics named its overall winners in Monaco on November 30, alongside discipline and Rising Star awards.
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World Athletics named Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone its 2025 World Athletes of the Year on November 30. The federation’s announcement recognized the Swedish pole vaulter and American sprinter at its awards event in Monaco. [1]
The overall honors followed separate awards across track, field and events outside stadiums. Duplantis received the men’s field award, while McLaughlin-Levrone received the women’s track award. The categories distinguish season-long recognition across different disciplines from the result of a single race or competition. [1]
In explaining the selections, World Athletics cited Duplantis’s four world records and unbeaten run through 16 competitions in 2025. It highlighted McLaughlin-Levrone’s world 400m title and her role in the United States’ winning 4x400m team in Tokyo. [1]
Other discipline winners included Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Nicola Olyslagers, Maria Perez and Sabastian Sawe. This archive brief records the federation’s dated award announcement and rationale; it does not present those honors as new results from the 2026 season. [1]
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