Full speed ahead
Full Speed Ahead Words | Sophy Grimshaw Sport In The 21st Century is the latest sumptuous photography tome from news agency giant Reuters. More than 500 images tell the captivating stories of today’s sporting champions and of the multimillion-pound global industry that has sprung up around them, not to mention the heartbreak of some crushing defeats. Whether you support a [...]
Full Speed Ahead
Words | Sophy Grimshaw
Sport In The 21st Century is the latest sumptuous photography tome from news
agency giant Reuters. More than 500 images tell the captivating stories of
today’s sporting champions and of the multimillion-pound global industry that
has sprung up around them, not to mention the heartbreak of some crushing
defeats. Whether you support a home team or don’t know a wicket from a
racquet, it’s a book that is by turns inspiring, funny and unexpectedly beautiful.
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Leader of the pack Spain’s Alvaro Bautista leads the way in the qualifying competition for the 2006 Dutch TT, the race for 125cc motorcycles that is the Netherlands’ biggest sporting event. |
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Slam dunkin’ Yao Ming (second from right) of the Houston Rockets ensures the ball stays out of the reach of the Los Angeles Lakers, 2005. One of the tallest basketball players in the world at 7 foot 5½ inches, Ming was born in Shanghai. |
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Strong is beautiful A 17-year-old Maria Sharapova in the act of beating Serena Williams to the 2004 Wimbledon title. |
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Defying the desert Nine-time Dakar Rally champion Stéphane Peterhansel of France steers his Mitsubishi through the sand during the 2005 United Arab Emirates Desert Challenge – one of the few years he did not win. He reclaimed the title last year. |
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What goes up Pole vaulter Keisa Monterola on her way to a bronze medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia, 2006. The women’s pole vault was not eligible as an event for major sporting competitions until 1997. |
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Final fence Equine competitors and their jockeys clear the last fence of the Jewson Novices Handicap at the Cheltenham festival, 2006. |
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Triumphant Ellen MacArthur celebrates as she sails into Falmouth, Cornwall, and breaks the solo round-the-world sailing record, 2005. |
