Foot on face photo of Kiwi Geordie Beamish up for award

Geordie Beamish of Team New Zealand avoids the foot of Jean-Simon Desgagnes of Team Canada. Photo / Emilee Chinn

By RNZ

A photo of Geordie Beamish’s dramatic tumble at the World Championships is up for an award.

The photo has been selected as one of three finalists for the 2025 World Athletics Photograph of the Year.

Beamish fell during the heats of the 3000m steeplechase in Tokyo in September.

The photo by Emilee Chin of Getty Images captures Beamish flat on the track with the foot of Jean-Simon Desgagnes of Canada on his face.

Fortunately, Beamish was able to recover and finished second in the heat.

He then went on to stun the field in the final, beating hot favourite and two-time Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco to claim gold.

Beamish won the 1500m gold at the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.

The other two finalists for the World Athletics Photograph of the Year show America’s Noah Lyles and Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrating their respective titles at the World Champs and a photo of the shadows of the Dream Mile at the Bislet Games in Norway.

The three finalists were selected from 141 images submitted from photographers from 41 countries.