Top 10 announcement for Best Colour Piece 2023
LAUSANNE, April 6, 2024 - With less than one month to the much-anticipated climax of the sixth edition of the AIPS Sport Media Awards, AIPS is proud to announce the top ten candidates in the Writing Best Colour Piece category.
This list may contain more than 10 submissions because of ties in the voting. It has been published in alphabetical order of country:
WRITING BEST COLOUR PIECE
Dustin Patar (Canada), Qimuksiq - Canadian Geographic
Jean-Michel Brochen (France), Bobby Charlton, an immense reign - L'Equipe Le Magazine
Quentin Moynet (France), Les galériens du tennis / Welcome to the jungle - L'Equipe
Matthias Fiedler (Germany), The survivors - Der Spiegel
Andrew Mcnicol (Hong Kong), This North Korean player stunned the soccer world – then disappeared - CNN
Pavel Lysenkov (Russia), "Dad, I see my dreams. And in them, there is ice, and I am playing hockey". This is how Rodion Amir - Match TV
José ignacio Pérez Hernández (Spain), The murderous 'sport' in Auschwitz: "It was the first step towards extermination" - Marca
Christof Gertsch (Switzerland), The Merman - Das Magazin
Natalie Berry (UK), Mountain man: the miraculous life of Reinhold Messner, the world’s most controversial climber - The Independent
Suzanne Wrack (UK), Holding gymnastics to account – why one alleged victim of sexual abuse is speaking out - The Guardian
David Gardner (USA), Gunshots shattered her hoop dreams. Now she wants them back. - Washington Post
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Following this Top 10, we will announce the finalists (podium nominees).
Stay tuned for the rest of the Top 10!