MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaica’s triple World Championships gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was yesterday confirmed as one of the three finalists for the IAAF Female Athlete of the Year.

A release from the IAAF listed the Moscow World Championships 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold medallist along with shot put champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand, and 400m hurdles champion Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic, as the finalists.

The winner will be chosen at the IAAF gala to be held November 16 in Monaco, along with the men’s champion.

Fraser-Pryce, who is seeking to join 1990 winner Merlene Ottey as the only Jamaican women to win the award, was a double Diamond League champion this past season, winning the 100 and 200m races.

Yesterday, four-time male champion Usain Bolt was shortlisted for the men’s title along with Great Britain’s middle distance World Championships double gold medallist Mo Farah and Ukraine’s high jump champion Bohdan Bondarenko.

Bolt, who retained his 200m title in Moscow, while winning his second 100m title and anchored the men’s 4x100m team to gold, will be seeking his third-straight and fifth title overall, after winning in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012.

The Council of the International Athletics Foundation will select the male and female winners, with the announcement taking place live on stage at the gala.

According to the rules outlined by the IAAF, following the announcement of the 10 nominees a month ago, votes were tabulated to arrive at the top three.

Those eligible to vote are the international panel of athletics experts including representatives from all six continental areas of the IAAF, World Athletics Family: IAAF & IAF Council Members; IAAF National Member Federations; IAAF Committee and 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.