2014 World Champions as seen by me

2014 World Champions as seen by me. With 2015 under way pretty much everyone looks back over the year that has just passed.

I wanted to take a slightly different look back. Not that long ago I had a conversation about world champions with somebody, which got me thinking. Just how many World Champions pass infront of my lens in 12 months? Because I don’t particularly specialise in any sport photography it took me a little time to actually work this out. So here goes in the order that I took pictures of them and not in the order of winning.

1. Petter Solberg – Secured the inaugral FIA World Rallycross Championship title. The first person to win two FIA world titles in different diciplines. Pictured here at round 2 which was held at Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Kent.

2014 World Champions - Petter Solberg

2014 World Champions – Petter Solberg, FIA World Rallycross Champion

2. Jessica Fox – Who won the K1 and C1 Canoeing titles in 2014. Pictured here at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup held at the olympic Lee Valley White Water Centre, London.

2014 World Champions - Jessica Fox

2014 World Champions – Jessica Fox who won the K1 and C1 world titles

3. Sir Bradely Wiggins – Who took the UCI Road World Championship Men’s Time Trial title held in Spain in September by a huge margin of 26 seconds. Pictured here at the start of the time trial on stage 8a of the Tour of Britain held in London.

2014 World Champions -  Sir Bradely Wiggins

2014 World Champions – Sir Bradely Wiggins. UCI Road World Championships – Men’s time trial

4. Novak Djokovic – OK not strictly called a world champion, but he was crowned as world number 1  which is good enough for me. Pictured here at the ATP World Tour Finals held at the O2 in London.

2014 World Champions - Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic who was crowned the world number 1 at the ATP Tour finals in London

So my total tally for the year was 4, not bad but this year I plan on making it more. Happy new year everyone.

2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup

2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup held at Lee Valley White Water Centre. Purpose built for the 2012 London Olympics and its still a world class venue.

2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup was held over 6th, 7th and 8th of June 2014. I was there for the final day to cover the womans K1 kayak finals and the men’s C2 canoe doubles.

2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup.

Canoeing is such a dynamic sport to cover. Where you can get close to the action even as a spectator. So its all about capturing the athletes expressions and the action. Just what I like!

2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup

Red Bull athlete Jessica Fox totally focused in the final.

I posted another image of Jessica on Facebook here 

I did witness a moment of history. Lu Li the first Chinese canoeist to win a major world canoe title.

2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup

Lu Li from China winning the first major canoeing crown any Chinese canoeist has ever won.

And so onto the Mens C2 Doubles. Often referred to as the most exciting class in canoeing. With plenty of British interest with no less than 3 teams in the final.

2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup

Rhys Davis and Matthew Lister GBR. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow

But it was the Slovakian pairing of Luka Bozic and Saso Taljat that came out ontop.

2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup

Mens winners Luka Bozic and Saso Taljat SLO. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow

2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup.

Britain’s world champions David Florence and Richard Hounslow could only mange 5th place. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow

 

So I really enjoyed the day and especially the sport. All my images are syndicated by SportPix so please take a look.