Sputnik Photojournalist Wins AIPS Sport Media Award
Sumaira FH Published January 22, 2019 | 12:06 AM
LAUSANNE (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd January, 2019) Alexei Filippov, a special photojournalist for the Sputnik news agency and radio, has won second prize in AIPS Sport Media Awards of the International Sport Press Association.
His photo of French biathlete Martin Fourcade taken during the first leg of the 2017/18 Biathlon World Cup in Ostersund, Sweden, was singled out in the Photography/Sport Action category.
"I was very pleased to win a prize in such an interesting and professional contest as AIPS Sport Media Awards. I am glad that one of my favorite photos of the outstanding athlete Martin Fourcade won recognition," Fillipov said.
The award ceremony was held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Winners in seven categories were chosen from almost 1,500 candidates by a panel of eleven respected professionals from the world's largest sport media.
The International Sport Press Association was established in 1924 and unites sport journalists from 160 countries, including Russia. It aims to enhance cooperation between its members.
Sputnik is one of the largest international media companies offering country-specific and regional multimedia websites in 32 languages, analog and digital radio broadcasting in Russian, English and French in 130 cities and online. Sputnik newsfeeds deliver 24/7 content to leading international media around the world in English, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese. Sputnik websites get more than 50 million visitors. Twenty-two bureaus around the world, from Tokyo to Montevideo, employ more than 1,000 people from dozens of countries. Sputnik is part of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency with its headquarters in Moscow.
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