This iconic picture of Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina, by Jerome Brouillet, has been named the general winner on the World Sports activities Pictures Awards…
Brouillet took the image during the surfing competition at the Paris Olympics.
From a ship by the facet of the wave in Tahiti, Brouillet captured Medina suspended in mid-air, as if stood on strong floor, as his board mimicked his stance.
Beneath are a choice of the gold, silver, bronze and particular deserves throughout all 24 classes of the awards, which at the moment are of their fifth yr.
Aquatics: Water Soar to Bronze by Pim Ras
Athletics: Steeplechase at Storms Twilight by Brett Pierce
Baseball: Ohtani Shattered by Geoff Burke
Basketball: Seeing Double by Andrew Hancock
Boxing: Pamela Malvina Noutcho Sawa by Silvia Casali
Cricket: Flying Catch by Andrew Cornaga
Biking: Framing by Ashley & Jered Gruber
Equestrian: Take It Larger by Tilly Berendt
Components 1: Again to Successful Methods by David Davies
Golf: Moist-n-Wild by Brennan Asplen
Gymnastics: Untitled by Mike Egerton
Ice Hockey: The Shadow by Bruce Bennett
Martial Arts: Octagon underneath Sphere by Christian Petersen
Motor Sports activities: Dusty 180 Nook by Hannu Rainamo
Racquet Sports activities: Double Rainbow in the course of the Seaside Tennis by Vinicius Shima
Rugby: Rugby within the Mud by Hassan Omar Wamwayi
Swimming & Diving: Diving at Aspire Dome by Shinya Tanaka
Tennis: Coco Energy by Daniel Pockett
City & Excessive: The Bulb by Volodya Voronin
Venues & Views: Tetris by Anton Geyser
Winter Sports activities: Espelunguere by Yhabril Moro
All pictures courtesy of World Sports Photography Awards, external