Sportsfile’s Stephen McCarthy expanded his awards cabinet with a 3rd place in the NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) Best of Photojournalism Awards in the Sports Feature category.
The image is of David Oliver of the USA after winning the final of the men’s 110m hurdles final on Day 3 of the IAAF World Athletics Championships held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. It was shot from the photographers moat beyond the finish line on a Nikon D4 with a 400mm/2.8 lens at ISO 2500; 1250/1 sec @ f3.2.