Photography lets us capture unique moments that any other art form can’t, and that is true for sports photography as well. So today, we would like to share the best sports photos of this year.

The World Sports Photography Awards has announced their winners out of 700 participants. In total there were 24 categories ranging from basketball to motorsports, to urban and extreme. The winners of each category were awarded gold, silver, or bronze prizes.

Furthermore, there were 3 exceptional photographers awarded as overall winners, who secured gold prizes in their category. The gold winner of overall winners is Patrick Smith, winning with a photograph of a golf player in the clouds. The silver winner is Octávio Passos, and the bronze overall winner is Phil Noble.

We encourage you to go and see special merit images too on the World Sports Photography Awards website, but as for the winners, scroll down below and let us know which photo is your absolute favorite.

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#1 Venues & Views – Category Winner, Silver: “Van De Walle Butcher” By Ashley & Jered Gruber

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#2 Athletics – Category Winner, Silver: “World Records” By Morgan Treacy

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#3 Tennis – Category Winner, Gold: “Coco Gauff” By Scott Barbour

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#4 Aquatic – Category Winner, Silver: “Kathleen Dawson” By Ian Macnicol

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#5 Ice Hockey – Category Winner, Silver: “Symmetry” By Bruce Bennett

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#6 Aquatic – Category Winner, Bronze: “Bosnia Old Bridge Diving” By Armin Durgut

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#7 Urban & Extreme – Category Winner, Gold: “In The Heaven” By Petr Slavik

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#8 Gymnastics – Category Winner, Silver: “Belgian Championship Acrobatics Gymnastics” By Christian Degroote

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#9 Martial Arts – Category Winner, Gold: “Silek Lanyah” By James Ward Breen

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#10 Athletics – Category Winner, Bronze: “Tunnel Vision” By Simon Stacpoole

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#11 Overall Winner, Silver: “Justine Dupont” By Octávio Passos

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#12 Urban & Extreme – Category Winner, Bronze: “Don’t Look Down” By Cody Shimzu

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#13 Aquatic – Category Winner, Gold: “Sparkle” By Anna Szilágyi

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#14 Cricket – Category Winner, Silver: “Clowing Around” By Pat Hoelscher

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#15 Venues & Views – Category Winner, Bronze: “Stop War. Fencing” By Nikolay Synelnykov

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#16 Other – Category Winner, Gold: “Climbing Silhouette” By Julia Roger-Veyer

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#17 Gymnastics – Category Winner, Bronze: “Jennifer Gadirova In Full Flight” By Victor Joly

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#18 Urban & Extreme – Category Winner, Silver: “Above The Sun” By Henrique Casinhas

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#19 Overall Winner, Bronze: “B Of The Bang” By Phil Noble

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#20 Water – Category Winner, Silver: “Perfect Dawn” By Nigel Roddis

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#21 Water – Category Winner, Bronze: “Bottom Turn” By Matrix Images (Nic Bothma)

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#22 Formula 1 – Category Winner, Gold: “Vince Mignott” By Vince Mignott

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#23 Cycling – Category Winner, Bronze: “Mtb In New Zealand” By Graeme Murray

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#24 Winter – Category Winner, Bronze: “Flat-Tired” By Aaron Favila

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#25 Tennis – Category Winner, Bronze: “Going To Miss You” By Shaun Brooks

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#26 Winter – Category Winner, Gold: “Annice Lyn” By Annice Lyn

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#27 Equestrian – Category Winner, Bronze: “Morning Mist” By Morgan Treacy

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#28 Gymnastics – Category Winner, Gold: “Superman On The High Bar” By Tom Jenkins

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#29 Football – Category Winner, Bronze: “David Moyes Bubbles” By Ashley Crowden

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#30 Golf – Category Winner, Silver: “Mayakoba” By Héctor Vivas

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#31 Other – Category Winner, Bronze: “Walk The Sky” By Axel Rosas

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#32 Racquet Sports – Category Winner, Gold: “Flying Coll” By Aaron Gillons

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#33 Overall Winner, Gold: “Sky Drive” By Patrick Smith

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#34 Equestrian – Category Winner, Silver: “Christophe Bricot” By Christophe Bricot

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#35 Boxing – Category Winner, Silver: “Andy Couldridge” By Andy Couldridge

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#36 Venues & Views – Category Winner, Gold: “Spectacular Finale” By Richard Heathcote

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#37 Martial Arts – Category Winner, Silver: “Fencing” By Pavel Bednyakov

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#38 Motor Sports – Category Winner, Silver: “Thuillier R – Wrc 1” By Romain Thuillier

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#39 Motor Sports – Category Winner, Gold: “Pitstop” By Bodo Kräling

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#40 Basketball – Category Winner, Silver: “Wsp_022-001” By Mariano Pozo Ruiz

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#41 Football – Category Winner, Silver: “Bale Celebrates” By Tom Jenkins

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#42 Equestrian – Category Winner, Gold: “Eyes Of The Horse” By Mrs Evo

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#43 Cricket – Category Winner, Bronze: “Catch It!” By Andrew Cornaga

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#44 Baseball – Category Winner, Gold: “Catcher” By Howard Lao

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#45 Cycling – Category Winner, Silver: “James Startt (Agence Zoom/Rouleur Magazine)” By James Startt

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#46 Rugby – Category Winner, Bronze: “Bristol Bears Women Delight” By Andy Watts

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#47 Cycling – Category Winner, Gold: “Xavier Pereyron” By Xavier Pereyron

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#48 Formula 1 – Category Winner, Bronze: “Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) At French Grand Prix” By Sarah Meyssonnier

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#49 Martial Arts – Category Winner, Bronze: “Wushu Sanda” By Vincent Nursalim

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#50 Rugby – Category Winner, Silver: “Sideswipe” By Evan Treacy

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#51 Tennis – Category Winner, Silver: “Roland Garros Enzo Couacaud” By André Ferreira

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#52 Winter – Category Winner, Silver: “Orbit” By Cameron Spencer

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#53 Racquet Sports – Category Winner, Silver: “Li Shifeng Smash” By Shi Tang

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#54 Ice Hockey – Category Winner, Gold: “Pre-Game” By Kirk Irwin

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#55 Basketball – Category Winner, Gold: “Cameron Crazies” By Andrew Hancock

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#56 Football – Category Winner, Gold: “Alone At Last” By Jesus Alvarez Orihuela

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#57 Golf – Category Winner, Bronze: “Filippo Celli” By Octávio Passos

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#58 American Football – Category Winner, Bronze: “Bucked Bronco” By Matthew Stockman

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#59 Motor Sports – Category Winner, Bronze: “Kalle Rovanperä Portugal” By Hannu Rainamo

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#60 Baseball – Category Winner, Silver: “Collision At Home” By David Hague

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#61 Baseball – Category Winner, Bronze: “Baseball Beginnings” By Francisco Leyva

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#62 Other – Category Winner, Silver: “Off Road” By Daniela Tommasi

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#63 Cricket – Category Winner, Gold: “Surrounded” By Philip Brown

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#64 Racquet Sports – Category Winner, Bronze: “Mariano Pozo-Wsp_022-007” By Mariano Pozo Ruiz

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#65 Rugby – Category Winner, Gold: “Bob Bradford” By Bob Bradford

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#66 Ice Hockey – Category Winner, Bronze: “We Meet Again” By Kylie Macziewski

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#67 Basketball – Category Winner, Bronze: “The Scudetto” By Mattia Ozbot

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#68 Boxing – Category Winner, Gold: “Leti Leti V Conor Wallace – Flying Mouth Guard” By Darren Burns

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#69 Boxing – Category Winner, Bronze: “Mark Robinson Boxing 10” By Mark Robinson

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#70 Formula 1 – Category Winner, Silver: “Charles Leclerc Australia 2022” By Andrew Hone

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#71 American Football – Category Winner, Gold: “The Final Kick” By Kevin Sabitus

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#72 American Football – Category Winner, Silver: “Dallas Light” By Ric Tapia

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