Lee Westwood golf shot wins World Sports activities Images Awards 2023

Winners of the World Sports activities Images Awards 2023 have been introduced! ‘Sky Drive’ by Patrick Smith has taken this yr’s title along with his picture of Lee Westwood taking a shot on the driving vary at LIV Golf Invitational.

London, 2nd August 2023:

This {photograph} by Patrick Smith of Getty Pictures captures the heavenly nature of all sport, and like all nice sports activities images, asks the viewer to look once more and marvel.

This picture is considered one of 24 profitable pictures throughout sports activities classes together with American Soccer, Basketball, Biking, Gymnastics and Soccer. Greater than 700 skilled sports activities photographers from over 70 international locations around the globe submitted their pictures this yr.

The World Sports activities Images Awards are the one world awards for sport images. Entered by the world’s greatest sports activities photographers, judged by main figures from sport, media, model and inventive. Designed to recognise and celebrates unbelievable sports activities pictures and the photographers who take them. World Sports activities Images Awards inform compelling tales of the emotion, ardour, athleticism and focus which might be on the coronary heart of sport.

Sophie Collins, Chief Advertising Officer at MPB mentioned “As a decide, and as a sponsor of the 2023 ‘World Sports activities Images Awards’ I used to be extremely impressed by the standard of this yr’s entries. The artwork of images is about encapsulating feelings and emotions straight away, and having the ability to inform a compelling story which goals to encourage the spectator lengthy after they’ve skilled it. It’s been thrilling to see the brand new entries within the ‘Professional’ area being shortlisted for the awards too as they’ve elevated the expectations for subsequent yr’s members!”

The complete gallery of profitable pictures together with High 10s in each sporting class can be found to view on the web site.

For extra info go to www.worldsportsphotographyawards.com

Extra winners from World Sports activities Images Awards 2023

Aquatic class

Sparkle by Anna Szilágyi

Ice Hockey class

Pre-Sport by Kirk Irwin

Ohio State performs Wisconsin on Saturday, October 8, 2022 on the Schottenstein Heart in Columbus, Ohio. Picture: Kirk Irwin

Canon EOS R3 · f/4 · 1/320s · 85mm · ISO4000

Tennis class

Coco Gauff by Scott Barbour

The shadow forged by Coco Gauff (USA) as she serves throughout Spherical 1 of the Australian Open on Margaret Court docket Area at Melbourne Park in Melbourne on Monday, January 17, 2022. Picture: Scott Barbour/TENNIS AUSTRALIA

ILCE-9M2 · f/2.8 · 1/2000s · 105mm · ISO640

Gymnastics class

Superman on the excessive bar by Tom Jenkins

Donnell Whittenburg of USA competing on the excessive bar throughout males’s {qualifications} on the World Creative Gymnastics Championships on the M&S Financial institution Area on October thirty first 2022 in Liverpool. Picture: Tom Jenkins

Canon EOS R3 · f/3.2 · 1/2000s · 140mm · ISO4000

System 1 class

Vince Mignott

Audi R8 LMS #25 (Audi Sport Group Saintéloc), Kelvin van der Linde/Patric Niederhauser/Markus Winkelhock 9h Kyalami 2022. Picture: Vince Mignott

Canon EOS R5 · f/13 · 1/15s · 16mm · ISO800

Basketball class

Cameron Crazies by Andrew Hancock

Cameron Crazies. Picture Andrew Hancock

NIKON Z 9 · f/2.8 · 1/1000s · 200mm · ISO2500

Featured picture: Group Captain Lee Westwood of Majesticks GC performs a shot on the driving vary throughout the semifinals of the LIV Golf Invitational – Miami at Trump Nationwide Doral Miami on October 29, 2022 in Doral, Florida.

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