CNA photojournalist wins award for bug-capturing snap at Olympics

Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) A photograph of unfazed South Korean archer Lim Si-hyeon as a bug came between her and her bow during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has won CNA photojournalist Wu Chia-sheng (吳家昇) a bronze at the World Sports Photography Awards.

Winners in 24 categories of the 2025 awards set up for professional or semi-professional sports photographers in 2020 were announced by the London-based organizers on Thursday (local time).

Wu said he noticed how the 21-year-old Olympic gold medalist stayed focused when aiming for the target, despite a bug flying around her, and captured the moment of the bug coming between Lim and her bow shortly after she released the arrow.

Wu won the bronze award in the category "other," which the organizers say, "celebrates the passion, drama, athletes and fans of every sports and the way in which brilliant sports photography tells a deeper story about each sport and its participants."

Photographer Peter Szalmas won gold in the category with "The Winning Point," a multiple exposure showing two fencers lunging toward each other at the Paris Games, while Melbourne-based Scott Barbour took silver with his photo "Aussie Rules," taken during an Australian rules football match.

Meanwhile, Tahiti-based French Photographer Jerome Brouillet was named the overall winner of 2025 for his photo titled "Golden Moment," which shows Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina's airborne celebration during the 2024 Olympic Games.

Medina took home a bronze in men's surfing in the competition held in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia.

As to Lim, she won three gold medals in Paris, in the women's individual and team events and mixed team competition, and set a new world record with a score of 694 in the qualifying round of the individual event.