Jamaican Roshawn Clarke who was 4th in the 2023 World Championships 400-metre hurdles finals, has been named as one of the three finalists for the World Athletics 2023 men’s Rising Star Award.

The 19-year-old just missed out on the medals in August but broke the world U20 record of 47.34 in Budapest.

Clarke is currently the Jamaican champion and CARIFTA Games U20 champion for the men’s 400-metre hurdles.

The other finalists are the USA’s Erriyon Knighton who took the silver in the 200 metres and 800m silver medallist Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi.

According to World Athletics in a release, the nominations reflect some of the standout performances that the sport has witnessed this year at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23, one-day meeting circuits, and other events around the world.

The winner of the 2023 Men’s Rising Star Award will be selected by an international panel of experts and will be announced on December 11.