Top track and field athletes received some world-wide recognition on Wednesday as the nominees for the Laureus Sports Awards were announced. Usain Bolt is among the nominees for Sportsman of the Year, Genzebe Dibaba and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are nominated for Sportswoman of the Year, and Jessica Ennis-Hill and David Rudisha are among the nominees for Comeback of the Year. 

The awards will be given to the winners on April 18 in Berlin. 

Bolt is nominated alongside basketball star Stephen Curry and tennis player Novak Djokovic among others. The fastest man in the world is coming off of a year that included three World Championship medals in Beijing. In total he has won 17 World and Olympic gold medals. He won the Laureaus award in 2009, 2010, and 2013.

Watch Bolt's 2015 100m victory below:



Dibaba and Faser-Pryce are nominated alongside Serena Williams and Carli Loyd, among others. Dibaba set the 1500m world record last year and won gold at the World Championships in Beijing. She also earned bronze in the 5K at the championship.

Watch Dibaba's World Championship performance below:



Fraser-Pryce continued her sprint domination by winning her second straight World Championship 100m title. She also anchored the Jamaican 4x100m team to a gold medal. 

Just a year after giving birth to her child and suffering from an Achilles tendon injury, Jessica Ennis-Hill claimed her second World Championship title in the heptathlon. The accomplishment earned her a nomination for Comeback of the Year. David Rudisha of Kenya is also nominated in the category after returning from three years of injuries to win his first international gold medal since the 2012 London Olympics.