Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah is in line for another major global award following her nomination for the Sportswoman of the Year at this year’s Laureus Awards.

The Jamaican sprint star was nominated alongside fellow track and field athletes Allyson Felix and Eliud Kipchoge; the latter vying for the Laureus Sportsman of the Year honours.

Thompson-Herah, World Female Athlete of the Year, NACAC Female Athlete of the Year and Jamaica’s Sportswoman of the Year earned the nomination following her triple gold-medal-winning performance in Tokyo, where she won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m.

“She is an athlete who just completely dominated their sport last year,” athletics legend and Laureus Academy Member Michael Johnson said of Thompson-Herah. “100m, 200m, repeating as champion, which is very difficult to do, and threatening one of the oldest and most impressive world records in the books, the women's 100m – we haven't talked about anyone threatening that record for years.”

The five-time Olympic champion said she was honoured by the nomination.

“Thank you @laureussport for your nomination for the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award. I am honoured and excited to be one of the nominees and congratulations to all the other nominees,” she posted on Instagram.

Felix, meanwhile, is nominated off the back of her record-breaking medal tally, with her 400m bronze and 4x400m gold medals taking her count to 11 medals. They are joined on the list of nominees by swimmers Emma McKeon and Katie Ledecky, tennis player Ashleigh Barty and football player Alexia Putellas.

Kenyan marathon legend Kipchoge is one of six nominees for the men’s award, alongside NFL player Tom Brady, Bayern Munich footballer Robert Lewandowski, Formula One world champion Max Verstappen, tennis player Novak Djokovic and swimmer Caleb Dressel.

Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas and Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra, meanwhile, are nominated for the Breakthrough award.

The winners will be revealed in April, following a vote by the Laureus World Sports Academy, comprising 71 sporting legends.

If she wins, Thompson-Herah would become the first Jamaican female athlete to win the award that was founded in 2000.

Usain Bolt was a four-time winner of the Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award (2009, 2010, 2013 and 2017).