PhotosYear In Pictures 2021: Unforgettable Moments In World Sports
Year In Pictures 2021: Unforgettable Moments In World Sports
In an overwhelming year, a calendar full of sporting events gave us moments and stories to savour and celebrate life. Here are some unforgettable moments captured in frames.
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1141 Brazil's Hebert Sousa celebrates winning his men's middleweight 75-kg boxing gold medal match against Ukraine's Oleksandr Khyzhniak at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. | AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
1241 Italy's Veronica Yoko Plebani walks at the finish line after finishing third in the women's triathlon PTS2 at the Odaiba Marine Park at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, Aug. 28, 2021. | AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti
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1341 Rennes' goalkeeper Alfred Gomis stands in heavy fog caused by flares after Marseille's Amine Harit scores his side's second goal during a French League One soccer match at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, on Sept. 19, 2021. | AP Photo/Daniel Cole
1441 Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) celebrates in the end zone after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Oct. 3, 2021, in Philadelphia. | AP Photo/Matt Slocum
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1541 Leda Guimaraes of Brazil falls as she competes in the horse jumping portion of the women's modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. | AP Photo/Andrew Medichini
1641 Yuka Kobayashi of Team Japan waits to compete in the track cycling women's sprint race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 6, 2021, in Izu, Japan. | AP Photo/Christophe Ena
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1741 An Australian player warms up prior to the women's bronze medal soccer match against the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 5, 2021, in Kashima, Japan. | AP Photo/Fernando Vergara
1841 Anna-Maria Alexandri and Eirini Alexandri of Austria compete in the Duet Free Routine Preliminary at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. | AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky
1941 Simone Biles, of the United States, performs on the vault during the artistic gymnastics women's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. Biles says she wasn't in the right 'headspace' to compete and withdrew from gymnastics team final to protect herself. Biles’ 2021 experiences, and how she talked about them, helped drive a robust conversation about athletes’ emotional health. | AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File
2041 Brazil's Gabriel Medina crashes on a wave during the bronze medal heat of the men's surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 27, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. | AP Photo/Francisco Seco
