{"id":1600,"date":"2022-08-05T23:53:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T23:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/world-sports-photography-awards-2022-winners-revealed\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T23:53:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T23:53:51","slug":"world-sports-photography-awards-2022-winners-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/world-sports-photography-awards-2022-winners-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"World Sports Photography Awards 2022 winners revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"


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An image of a butterfly resting on tennis player Naomi Osaka’s fingertips, by David Gray, has been named overall winner of the World Sports Photography Awards.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/span>Image source, <\/span>David Gray<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The photo was taken at the 2021 Australian Open and shows Ms Osaka, Japan’s four-time Grand Slam winner, give a helping hand to a stray butterfly when it landed on her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This is a breathtaking image,” said the competition’s co-founder, Simon Burton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Sports Photography captures special moments and tells unique stories, but most of all it draws you in and reveals the unexpected. It forces you to look again and reconsider.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The competition, now in its third year, received more than 7,000 entries from around the world, with categories including American Football, Basketball, Cycling, Gymnastics and Football.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here are the rest of the winners across 23 other categories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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