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World Sports Photography Awards 2023

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World Sports Photography has announced its winners of 2023. This photo competition has participants of over 700 photographers from more than 70 countries. Among these global competitions for sports photography, Sky Drive has won the overall winner.

Overall winner

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Sky Drive. Team captain Lee Westwood of Majesticks GC plays a shot during the semifinals of the LIV Golf Invitational in Miami.
Photograph: Patrick Smith/LIV Golf/Getty Images

Gymnastics category

Gold award

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Superman. Gymnastics category. Donnell Whittenburg of the USA competing on the high bar during the men’s qualifications at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool.
Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Special Merit Award

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Close to the sky. Urban and Extreme category.
Photograph: Henrique Casinhas

Equestrian category

Gold Award

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Eyes of the Horse. Equestrian category. Steam rises off a horse during a hose down at the barrier trials at Warwick Farm racecourse in Sydney, Australia.
Photograph: Jenny Evans

Cycling category

Special Merit Award

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Cycling category. Tadej Pogačar wins on La Planche des Belles Filles stage of the Tour de France.
Photograph: Ashley and Jered Gruber

Basketball category

Special Merit Award

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Basketball category. Antonius Cleveland of the 36ers slam dunks during an NBL match between the Sydney Kings and Adelaide 36ers in Sydney.
Photograph: Matt King/Getty Images

Winter Sports category

Silver Award

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Winter Sports category. Mengtao Xu of Team China performs a trick in practice ahead of the Women’s Freestyle Skiing Aerials qualification at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

Formula 1 category

Gold Award

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Formula 1 category. Zhou Guanyu of China crashes during the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone.
Photograph: Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images

Other Sports category

Bronze Award

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Other Sports category. Walk in the Sky.
Photograph: Axel Rosas Villasenor

Athletics category

Gold Award

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Athletics category. B of the bang. Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago celebrates after winning gold in the final of the Men’s 200m at the Commonwealth Games at the Alexander stadium in Birmingham, UK
Photograph: Phil Noble

Cricket category

Gold Award

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Cricket category. Surrounded. James Anderson of England bowls to Mohammad Ali of Pakistan on the fifth day of the first Test at Rawalpindi cricket stadium.
Photograph: Philip Brown/Popperfoto

Tennis category

Gold Award

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Tennis category. The shadow cast by Coco Gauff as she serves during Round 1 of the Australian Open on Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne Park.
Photograph: Scott Barbour/Tennis Australia

American football category

Gold Award

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American football category. The Final Kick. Buffalo Bills placekicker Tyler Bass (2) kicks a game-winning field goal as time expires during the fourth quarter of an NFL match against the Miami Dolphins.
Photograph: Kevin Sabitus

Martial arts category

Gold Award

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Martial arts category. Silek Lanyah.
Photograph: James Ward Breen

Boxing category

Gold Award

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Boxing category. A flying mouth guard during a bout between Leti Leti and Conor Wallace.
Photograph: Darren Burns

Water category

Gold Award

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Water category. Justine Dupont of France rides a big wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal.
Photograph: Octávio Passos/Getty Images

Baseball category

Gold Award

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Baseball category. Catcher. Sunday Baseball.
Photograph: Howard Lo

Rugby category

Special Merit Award

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Rugby category. Australia’s Len Ikitau in action during the Rugby Union International between France and Australia at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France.
Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters

Equestrian category

Special Merit Award

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Equestrian category. Zaaki with Tabitha Ridley-Thomas on board and Numerian with Liz Laycock in the saddle swimming at Altona beach after Zaaki’s All Star Mile win in Melbourne, Australia.
Photograph: Jay Town/Racing Photos

Image credits: All photos are individually credited and provided courtesy of the worldsportsphotographyawards.


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