The AIPS Sport Media Awards are pleased to announce the shortlist for the Writing Best Colour Piece category.The shortlist represents the second judging stage and is based on the most selected works performed by the AIPS Executive Committee members.
Here are the selected works, in alphabetical order of country.
WRITING BEST COLOUR PIECE
Nadjib Djoudi (Algeria), Tizi Ouzou, Douira and Baraki stadiums… the other side of sports corruption – Akher Saa
Julian Linden and Craig Lord (Australia), Troubled Waters – The Daily Telegraph
Teddy Katz (Canada), Sport turns darkness into light for Syrian refugee athlete – Paralympic.org
Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber (Canada), Exclusive – Olympics-Belarusian sprinter says she was taken to airport against her wishes, will not return home – Reuters.com
Wufei Yu and Will Ford (China), 172 runners started this ultramarathon – 21 of them never came back – Runner’s World
Hugo Mario Cárdenas López (Colombia), Dirty ball – Diario El País
Jean-Michel Brochen (France), Didier Deschamps: ‘At night, when you are a coach, there are people in your head’ – L’Equipe
Achim Dreis (Germany), On the mat – FAZ
Peter Wenig (Germany), Blind trust – 2020magazin.de
Pradip Saha (India), The fall of Sushil Kumar and Indian wrestling – The Morning Context
Malachy Clerkin (Ireland), After a devastating acid attack, Tega Agberhiere has sights set on the top – Irishtimes.com
Lorenzo Longhi (Italy), Nobody ever cheers for the referee – Quattrotretre.it
Filippo Maria Ricci (Italy), Iñaki Williams, the Ghanian basque – Sportweek-La Gazzetta dello Sport
Flavio Vanetti (Italy), ‘Thanks to Luna and Madhi I made peace with the Games. But I’m not going back as an athlete’ – Corriere della Sera
Roy Tomizawa (Japan), The challenge and significance of Tokyo2020: Inspiration, gut check and a dream to bring the world together – Tokyoupdates.metro.tokyo.lg.jp
Christel Saneh (Lebanon), Cathy Freeman: Running for her people – Worldathletics.org
Dana Johannsen (New Zealand), The mystery of Mrs Muir – Stuff.co.nz
Anders Christiansen (Norway), Sexual abuse in Norwegian sports: How the system didn’t protect the kids – Verdens Gang
Dariusz Faron, Marek Wawrzynowski (Poland), Remember you are nobody – Wirtualna Polska
Jose Encarnacion (Puerto Rico), Camarero racecourse: A money machine that runs with injured and mistreated horses – Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
Andreea Giuclea (Romania), How to stand up on your own – Lead.ro
Brenden Nel (South Africa), An Olympic champion without a medal – Newframe.com
José Ignacio Pérez Hernández (Spain), The man in chains to whom football helped to survive – Marca
Natalie Berry (UK), Olympic climbers are learning from monkeys – Wired.co.uk
Ben Collins (UK), Zaid Ait Malek: The stowaway who became a Spanish ultrarunning star – Bbc.com
Nick Hope (UK), Refugee Paralympian Ibrahim Al Hussein’s remarkable journey from war-torn Syria | Tom Daley: Triumph, trauma and a boy’s Olympic dream that came true – Bbc.com
Ivy Nyayieka, Christina Macfarlane, Jo Shelley (UK), Running As Equals: The elite athletes fighting for acceptance – Edition.cnn.com
Sana Noor Haq (UK), ‘Every risk that I took, it’s all worth it’: Abbas Karimi fled Afghanistan at age 16, now he’s representing the refugee – Edition.cnn.com
George Ramsay (UK), How Maya Gabeira overcame a life-threatening accident to surf two record-breaking waves – Edition.cnn.com
Suzanne Wrack (UK), ‘This is our final’: the team who led athletes’ escape from Afghanistan – Theguardian.com
Eryn Mathewson (USA), Marathon Effort – Edition.cnn.com
Dvora Meyers (USA), Time for the end of the teen gymnast – FiveThirtyEight.comWHAT HAPPENS NEXT – The three remaining voting stages will be conducted by the Jury – 12 respected members from the sport media industry representing the five continents. They will first select the top 10 (finalists) and then the top 3 (podium nominees) The final ceremony will take place in May in Europe, date and location still to be confirmed following the evolution of the pandemic.
Source: AIPS
Frederick Marfo is a sportswriter and social worker well known for his advocacy for equal chances and rights for all athletes, especially those with disabilities.
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