The Tokyo Olympics, Euro football, the Tour de France… 2021 was marked by many sporting events.
The opportunity for photographers to immortalize the exploits of champions, but also to capture moments of joy or disappointments.
The fabulous counter of the French basketball player Nicolas Battum in the semi-finals of the Games, the feat of the fencer Romain Cannone, that of the Norwegian athlete Karsten Warholm or the second reign of Julian Alaphilippe on world cycling, find the most beautiful images of the year 2021 in sport.
Director:
Olivier JUSZCZAK
The 43rd edition of the Dakar Rally kicked off on January 3 in Saudi Arabia.
The opportunity to admire magnificent landscapes again.
On the competition side, the French Stéphane Peterhansel and Edouard Boulanger won in the car.
In motorcycles, the Argentinian Kevin Benavides wins the race.
FC Chelsea player N'Golo Kanté, worn here in triumph by his compatriot Kurt Zouma.
The club won the Champions League by beating Manchester City 1-0 on May 29.
Head for clay and dust at the Roland-Garros tennis tournament in Paris.
Here, the Serbian Novak Djokovic is recovering from his fall in the quarter-finals and wins the 2021 edition. In the women's category, surprise, it is the Czech Barbora Krejcikova who takes the victory.
Big fright at the Parken stadium in Copenhagen, on Saturday June 12 during the Football Euro!
The Dane Christian Eriksen collapses on the lawn following a heart attack.
Six days later, he will be released from the hospital after having a miniature defibrillator implanted to regulate his heart rate.
Marcus Rasford is inconsolable!
The Englishman missed his shot on goal in the final session of the Euro final between England and Italy, in London, on July 11.
The contrast is striking with the joy of the Italian team after their victory (1-1 tab (3-2). The Azzurri are sacred kings of Europe!
Another moment of joy: the victory of Argentina's Lionel Messi in the Copa America against Brazil (1-0), still in July.
This trophy will count enormously in the attribution of a seventh golden ball to the Argentinian.
A yellow rocket crosses France once again!
The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar confirms his bluffing performance during the 2020 edition of the Tour de France by winning the Grande Boucle a second time in 2021.
Postponed a year due to the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics began on July 23.
Without an audience.
"Thank you for everything, I had a good day", seems to say the French Romain Cannone at the end of the final of the men's individual épée tournament.
On July 25, the French fencer (47th in the world) defeats all predictions by beating the best in the world and wins the Olympic gold medal!
France which wins again!
French judo is on top of the world by beating Japan in the final of the team tournament on its own land!
Teddy Riner and his teammates achieved a real feat!
A consolation for the Guadeloupe giant, disappointed, after his bronze medal in the individual tournament in his category.
And Venezuela which flies!
Yulimar Rojas pocketed the Olympic gold medal in the women's triple jump competition by breaking the world record with a triple voucher at 15.67m.
France not happy.
Frenchman Mourad Aliev refuses to leave the ring after being disqualified in his quarter-final of the boxing tournament in the over 91 kg category, deeming the referee's decision unacceptable.
The tournament supervisor will later recognize a referee error but the decision will not be changed.
"It's a scandal", will protest Mourad Aliev at the microphone of France Televisions.
On August 3, American gymnast Simone Biles smiles again with a bronze medal on balance beam, a week after leaving the all-around team competition to preserve her sanity.
That same day, the Norwegian Karsten Warholm
dazzled the Tokyo Olympics by shattering in 45 sec 94 his own world record in the 400 m hurdles (46 sec 70) after a fierce duel with the American Rai Benjamin.
It is indeed hot!
On August 5, Nicolas Batum saves the homeland with a stratospheric counter in the dying seconds of the semi-final of the men's Olympic basketball tournament against Slovenia.
The French advance to the final but will lose to the Americans for the gold medal.
At the road cycling world championship, the Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe is levitating and wins a second consecutive title, in Louvains in Belgium.
A first in the history of French cycling!
Hell of the North!
The Paris-Roubaix cycling race lives up to its nickname.
On October 3, it was the Italian Sonny Colbrelli who emerged victorious from this quagmire.
We end this retrospective with an image of Formula 1 which illustrates the rivalry between Briton Lewis Hamilton and Dutchman Max Verstappen.
Their antagonism will continue until the last lap of the last Grand Prix to designate the world champion.
The Red Bull driver, who puts his tire on the Briton's head here during the Italian GP, is crowned world champion on December 12 in Abu Dhabi.
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