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Falling Skiers
by Daniel Koszela


The photo taken in March 2022 shows the competitors of the annual ski event: Bieg Piastów held in Szklarska Poręba, at its 46th edition. Skiers whiz in their colorful clothing along the track surrounded by snow-covered trees.

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Once Upon a Wave
by Phil De Glanville


Surfer Chris Ross charges down a monstrous wave as it begins to barrel above him. The ocean seems to swallow the athlete, who looks like a small yellow dot in the blue immensity of the wave. Shot at a surf break called The Right in Western Australia.

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Highly commended

Resting at the Crossroad
by Stephan Bednaic


At the Drill & Chill festival highliners rigged multiple lines running across the canyon spanning several hundred meters long. As one of the lines was going opposite off the road and river running parallel below, it made a fantastic composition. The french highliner Benoit is lyi...

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Circus Bear
by Sirvidas Tadas


In this picture, an accidentally captured moment of a BMX rider doing trick: his shadow appears as a circus bear or a monster with small bike. The optical illusion makes the image extremely lovely.

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Thailand Jetski Competition
by Seksan Saowarod


Thailand Jet Ski Competition is held every year in the summer. It is a competition that unites water jetski enthusiasts, happy to compete and accept the rules, regardless of who wins and who loses.

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Race to the Dolphin
by Gilad Topaz


In the picture, a group of swimmers on a morning swim in the Eilat Bay. When they saw a dolphin near by they all started swimming towards him. It seems he was waiting for them, but when they arrived he just swam away.

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Shadow Basketball II
by Kateryna Polishchuk


A shot in Urban park in Kharkiv, the best place to practice sports - or take drone pictures like this one. The light blue ball is standing perfectly on the centre of the orange crescent-shaped part of the field. The two colors create a beautiful contrast in the picture.

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Commended

The Last Dance
by Gunjan Guglani


While traveling in Kochi back in 2019, the photographer was invited by a friend to a dunk competition he was participating in. After shooting for almost an hour he did not get the shot he was looking for, but just when his drone's battery was about to die he took the last chance...

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Street Wrestling
by Subrata Dey


Playing wrestling is a part of the Bengali rural culture. Jabbar's Balikhela is a special type of wrestling which is held on the 1st month of Bengali calendar every year at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong. In the picture, four people are seen fighting on the sand stage in front of...

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Shadow Riders
by Gilad Topaz


While the photographer was flying a drone near the beach on a cold morning, two cyclists past quickly and continued along the waterfront. The photographer immediately started chasing them from above to get the best shot. The whole chase finished in a few seconds when they were al...

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Barcolana 2021
by Daria Troitskaia


This photo was taken from a helicopter in June 2021 in Trieste. Barcolana is the biggest sailing race in the world. Every second Sunday in October the Gulf of Trieste celebrates the most attended nautical event in the world, with over two thousand boats and 30 thousand people at...

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Alone
by Antonio Sanchez Marcos


Last part of the Triathlon test that is held annually in the Doña National Park. After swimming across the Guadalquivir River, the athletes must run along the beaches of the Doñana National Park for more than 20 km.

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Spring Skiing
by Bernard Brault


A lonely skier enjoys a nice spring day of skiing. On the picture right side we can see blooming and greenish trees. The temperature was 30C! They made enough snow so the ski season could last long.

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Bull Embracing - "Jallikattu"
by Aakash Selvan


"Jallikattu" or bull embracing is an age-old traditional sport that is practiced to celebrate the vigor of the bulls. It's practiced during the festival of Pongal and it dates back to 200 BCE. A bull is let free in a semi-open arena, and the participants have to embrace it and ho...

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Frozen Motorcycle Track
by Bryan Helm


A lone rider races down the slick ice track. Shot during a brisk late afternoon, on the frozen Ghost Lake. The trails left by motorcycles create sinuous patterns and shapes on the ice floe.

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Windsurfers of Zlatni Rat
by Julien Duval


Aerial view of windsurfers on the golden horn of Brac Island in Croatia. Every year in July, this beach hosts a windsurfer festival and hundreds of athletes are competing next to this iconic beach.

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Aqua
by Alex Visbal


Jet-skis roam over aqua colored sea in Playa del Carmen. They leave multiform trails on the surface of the sea, creating beautiful patterns that are only visible from above. The sea was incredibly calm after a storm, clear still water revealing the coral below.

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Vroooomm, Vrooomm
by Kai Hartmann


Image taken during the Porsche ice drifting experience, on a deep frozen lake. The colour developed after it was suddenly a little bit warmer and the ice melted. The next day it was very cold and frozen again. Normal temperatures are -20 to -45 degrees Celsius.

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Commended

Camel Racing
by Salem Alsawafi


Camel races are one of the most famous sports practiced in the Gulf region and the Arab countries. In the picture, a bunch of camels are running on the central lane. From above it divides the picture in three parts, with cars both on the left and right sides.

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