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Basket! Domenic Aquilina
Malta

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Sport
Professional

"Basket!"
Gzira Athleta's Stephan Shepard (C) goes to the basket despite the close attention of Hibernians' duo of Chad Patus (L) and Anton Axiaq (R) during a Malta top tier match on 29 October, 2017



Speedy Rob Igor Emmerich
UK

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Sport
Professional

"Speedy Rob"
Personal project featuring athletes shot around the Kent coast.



Keep your Eye on the Ball Mike Drazdzinski
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Sport
Professional

"Keep your Eye on the Ball"
I like the look on their faces as if they were kids in a candy store and are reaching for the prize. This image was handheld from the catwalk while leaning over the railing,not by remote



Red Jacket Wally Randall
Canada

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Red Jacket"
Epic turns in the Purcell Mountains of BC



Piccoli-Robert_pumped Robert Piccoli
Australia

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Piccoli-Robert_pumped"
Pumped



Evening Rodeo Barb Young
USA

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Evening Rodeo"
Bronc riding at sunset



Jennifer1 Brandi Grooms Johnson
USA

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Jennifer1"



Basketball Player Simon Stock
UK

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Basketball Player"
Basketball Player



Bouldering Hand Chris Jelley
UK

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Bouldering Hand"
From a series documenting Matt Cousins (British Bouldering champion 2016) and his training partner Alexander Lemel



Cristiano Domenic Aquilina
Malta

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Cristiano"
Cristiano Ronaldo (L) of Real Madrid performs a scorpion kick during the 2017 UEFA Champions League final against Juventus FC at the National Stadium of Wales in Cardiff, Britain on 03 June 2017



Racing On The Track Tony Richards
USA

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Racing On The Track"
Jayda races around the track at university. Her parents started her with a running program when she was young to tame the endless energy she had.



Extreme Bike Martin Krystynek
Slovak Republic

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Extreme Bike"
Extreme trial photo shooting at the top of Lomnicky Peak in High Tatras in 2634 meters above sea level



Sailing on the Breezes Margo Taussig Pinkerton
USA

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Sailing on the Breezes"



Spinnakers in the Windy City Karen Hirsch
USA

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Spinnakers in the Windy City"
National Offshore One Design Championship in Chicago 2017



Dance Arnaud Gras
France

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Dance"
Dance



Flight In The City Andrey Stanko
USA

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Flight In The City"
Rythmic Gimnast Julia Reutova dance in Kiev, Ukraine



Life Savers Bondi. Steve Turner
Australia

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Life Savers Bondi."
Part of the series Storylines selected for the Head On Photo Festival Sydney.



Flying warriors Alain Schroeder
Belgium

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Flying warriors"
India, Kerala. Vadakara Flying warriors Regarded as « the mother of martial arts », Kalaripayattu, commonly referred to as Kalari is a physical combat sport deeply rooted in religious rituals an



Sailing for Kids Jean Francois Seguin
Canada

Honorable Mention
Sport
Professional

"Sailing for Kids"
Image from a series of images from a campaign to promote sailing to the kids for client Club de Voile Deux-Montagnes



Jennifer2 Brandi Grooms Johnson
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Jennifer2"



Fit at 87 Callie Lipkin
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Fit at 87"
Joan Campbell, an 87 year old competitive swimmer, exercises regularly at a pool near her home in Largo FL.



Roar of a champion Celso Bayo
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Roar of a champion"
Sergio Ramos scores for Real Madrid, they defeated Atlético Madrid in penalty shootout to clinch UEFA Champions League 2016 title.



Bouldering Toe Hook Chris Jelley
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Bouldering Toe Hook"
From a series documenting Matt Cousins (British Bouldering champion 2016) and his training partner Alexander Lemel.



Bouldering Cut Loose Chris Jelley
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Bouldering Cut Loose"
From a series documenting Matt Cousins (British Bouldering champion 2016) and his training partner Alexander Lemel.



Bouldering Volume Chris Jelley
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Bouldering Volume"
From a series documenting Matt Cousins (British Bouldering champion 2016) and his training partner Alexander Lemel



Bouldering Dyno Chris Jelley
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Bouldering Dyno"
From a series documenting Matt Cousins (British Bouldering champion 2016) and his training partner Alexander Lemel



Urbansurfing Dalia Fichmann
Switzerland

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Urbansurfing"
Swiss surfer Martin Suter rocks the wave on the lake in front of Zurich, Switzerland. To follow his passion he has to find a way to do without ocean, it's called wakesufing.



America's Cup Daniel Forster
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"America's Cup"
2017 America's Cup, Bermuda: Emirates Team New Zealand beats Team Oracle USA,



Surf Up at Inland Danielle Lynar
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Surf Up at Inland"
Nland surf park is bringing surfing to a community in Central Texas that would never experience it before. Anna experiencing the feeling of riding a wave for the first time.



Water Tower Domenic Aquilina
Malta

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Water Tower"
San Giljan ASC's Montenegro international water polo player Aleksandar Ivovic (9) water towers during a Malta National Cup water polo match at the National Pool, Tal-Qroqq, Malta, on 12 August, 2017.



Goal! Domenic Aquilina
Malta

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Goal!"
Nacho Monreal of Arsenal (L) celebrates scoring with team mate Aaron Ramsey during the FA Cup semi-final match between Arsenal v Manchester City at Wembley Stadium, London, Britain, 23 April 2017



Set To Sweat Felix Shumack
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Set To Sweat"
Campaign image for the easyGym Set to Sweat Campaign.



Bella Jumps Frank Bevans
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Bella Jumps"
Contact!



Nadal Ian MacNicol
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Nadal"
PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 09: Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a backhand shot during his semi-final match with Dominic Thiem of Austria, on day thirteen at Roland Garros on June 9, 2017 in Paris, France. (Phot



Balancing Rob Igor Emmerich
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Balancing Rob"
Personal project featuring UK athletes shot around the Kent coast.



Gravity Rob Igor Emmerich
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Gravity Rob"
Personal project featuring athletes shot around the Kent coast.



Waiting Ivan Joshua Loh
Singapore

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Waiting"
Shot of my skipper waiting for me as did some shoot on the sandbank.



Joy and Sadness Jacek Labedzki
Poland

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Joy and Sadness"
Football match of the Polish Premier League, between Cracovia Krakow and Legia Warsaw.



The Fisher man Kare Breivik
Norway

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"The Fisher man"
Covering his wooden boat from the hot sun after fishing in the seas of Levanto



Ride Kremer Johnson
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Ride"
Alone at night, he prepares for hours and hours.



Rained Out Law Ream
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Rained Out "
The stadium supervisor stares out onto through the South Florida storm wondering if the game will be able to go on.



Whacked Law Ream
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Whacked"
MLL Florida Launch player John Ortolani takes a whack to the knee from Atlanta Blaze defense.



SORTING OUT THE MESS Lukas Maximilian Hueller
Austria

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"SORTING OUT THE MESS"
staged photography of traditional Austrian football club SK RAPID Vienna - a bohemian way of dealing with sporty breakdown



Extreme Trial Martin Krystynek
Slovak Republic

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Extreme Trial"
Extreme trial photo shooting at the top of Lomnicky Peak in High Tatras in 2634 meters above sea level



Nicola Adams MBE. 2x Olympic Gold & Professional boxer Martin Brent
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Nicola Adams MBE. 2x Olympic Gold & Professional boxer"
Nicola Adams sitting on edge of boxing ring in contemplation



Wind-up & the pitch Matt Roberts
Australia

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Wind-up & the pitch"
Yuki Matsui throws a pitch during game 6 of the World Baseball Classic Pool B (Getty Images)



Taking one on the Chin Mike Drazdzinski
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Taking one on the Chin"
The punishment that these boxers take to the face and chin and blood was spraying all over the place was amazing



The Catch Mike Drazdzinski
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"The Catch"
I really love the expressions and the concentration on the ball by both players and the movement of the football as it is coming into the receivers hands.



Nearing The Mark Paul M. Murray
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Nearing The Mark"



A Following Sun On A Fleeting Day Paul M. Murray
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"A Following Sun On A Fleeting Day"



Alongside Victory '83 (K 22) Paul M. Murray
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Alongside Victory '83 (K 22)"



Passing by Peter Svoboda
Slovak Republic

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Passing by"
Free ride skier enjoying a fresh powder snow in the steep slope, Taken in Austrian Alps



Game on Piers Golden
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Game on"
Cape Verde boys play beach football at dusk



SQUASH Roberto Soares-Gomes
Brazil

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"SQUASH"



ALAINA IN MOTION Ron Jaffe
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"ALAINA IN MOTION"
GRAND JETE' SUNSET



Dedicated Sam Nerrie
Australia

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Dedicated"
These lifesavers sat there even though there was a massive storm approaching and everyone else had run for cover. Only when the rain started thumping down did they start to pack up.



Giddy Up Scott Bell
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Giddy Up"



Volley Silvan Fessler
Switzerland

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Volley"
From a series with tennis player



Runner Silvan Fessler
Switzerland

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Runner"
From a series with swiss sprinter Silvan Wicki



Rugby Player Simon Stock
UK

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Rugby Player"
Rugby Player



Girl Surfers Steve Turner
Australia

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Girl Surfers"
A hot morning Bondi Beach Australia part of a series Story Lines selected for The Head On Photo Festival Sydney



Dragon boat race Stone Peng
USA

Nominee
Sport
Professional

"Dragon boat race"
Dragon boat festival at Taiwan