Greatest pictures of 2025 to be recognised as a part of World Athletics Awards

An award for the perfect athletics {photograph} of the 12 months will as soon as once more be introduced as a part of the World Athletics Awards 2025.

Any skilled photographer who has attended an athletics occasion in 2025 can participate within the World Athletics Photograph of the Year.

Photographers are requested to submit one photograph via the online form and embrace a caption, the date the {photograph} was taken, the picture’s technical data and a brief photographer bio (not more than 50 phrases). Entries ought to be no bigger than 5MB and have to be acquired by 11:59pm Monaco time on 31 October.

A panel will choose the photographs and can choose the highest 10 entries. From that shortlist, the panel will then choose the highest three pictures. The finalists shall be revealed on 13 November and the winner shall be introduced by way of World Athletics social media platforms on the finish of November.

• Full contest guidelines

The panellists are:

Christel El Saneh
El Saneh is the digital inventive supervisor at World Athletics, managing images and visible content material throughout digital platforms. She joined World Athletics in 2021 and lined the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games as a photographer. The lengthy jumper has spent most of her life in athletics and her journey has included forming a part of the IOC Young Leader and Young Reporters programmes.

Pascal Rondeau
Rondeau began his sports activities images profession in London for the celebrated Allsport images company. He then led the photograph division of L’Equipe newspaper in Paris. Over the previous 30 years, he has lined eight Summer Olympic Games and a variety of different main sports activities occasions. He was appointed Venue Photo Manager on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Photo Chief at Paris 2024. 

Sally Pearson
During her extremely profitable profession, Pearson gained two world 100m hurdles titles, in Daegu in 2011 and in London in 2017, in addition to Olympic gold in 2012, Olympic silver in 2008 and world silver in 2013. At the time, her 12.28 in Daegu positioned her fourth on the world all-time record. Indoors, she secured the world 60m hurdles title in 2012 and silver in 2014. She extra lately attended the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 as a World Athletics ambassador.

Christian Taylor
The lately retired US athlete was essentially the most constant triple jumper of his era. He gained his first world title on the age of 21, then went on to win three extra. He earned Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016, whereas his triple bounce PB of 18.21m ranks him second on the world all-time record. A multi-talented athlete, Taylor additionally excelled on the lengthy bounce and 400m. Like Pearson, he was a World Athletics ambassador for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.

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