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Deadline approaching for World Athletics Photograph of the Year Award submissions
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Deadline approaching for World Athletics Photograph of the Year Award submissions

With less than a week to go until the window for submissions closes for the World Athletics Photograph of the Year Award, photographers are encouraged to enter their best images from 2024 before the deadline. Any professional photographer who has attended an athletics event in 2024 can take part in the World Athletics Photograph of the Year. Photographers are requested to submit one photograph via the online formand include a caption, the date the photograph was taken, the image's technical information and a short photographer bio (no more than 50 words). Entries should be no larger than 5MB and must be received by 23:59 Monaco time on 31 October. A panel of experts will judge the photos and will select the top 10 entries. From that shortlist, the panel will then select ...
Ozbot captures World Athletics Photograph of the Year
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Ozbot captures World Athletics Photograph of the Year

  Mattia Ozbot’s image of German decathlete Leo Neugebauer competing at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 has been selected as the World Athletics Photograph of the Year. The third award announced as part of the World Athletics Awards 2023, the World Athletics Photograph of the Year shines a spotlight on some of the outstanding images captured by professional photographers. From the 134 images that were submitted, a panel of judges – comprising Valerie Adams, Raquel Cavaco Nunes, Joel Marklund, Pascal Rondeau and Blanka Vlasic – narrowed the entries to 12 shortlisted images and three finalists before deciding on the winner. Ozbot was surprised with the honour during an assignment to photograph trophies for the World Athletics Awards, which ended up including his own...
Finalists announced for 2023 World Athletics Photograph of the Year
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Finalists announced for 2023 World Athletics Photograph of the Year

The three finalists for the Photograph of the Year award have been selected, with less than a month to go until the World Athletics Awards 2023. From the 134 images that were submitted, a panel of judges – comprising Valerie Adams, Raquel Cavaco Nunes, Joel Marklund, Pascal Rondeau and Blanka Vlasic – narrowed the entries to 10 shortlisted images before deciding on the three finalists. Photographers from 47 countries across all six continental areas submitted entries. The shortlisted images will form part of a digital exhibition on the World Athletics website that will go live later this month. The winning photograph will be announced on World Athletics’ platforms in early December, as part of the World Athletics Awards 2023. The finalists Photograph of the Year finalist - Alexis Hol...