Photos of the year: 40 stellar images from 2024
As 2024 comes to a close, we compile 40 electrifying sports photos snapped by the talented staff of Getty Images. Comments by the photographers were edited for length and clarity.
American sprinter Noah Lyles celebrates his 100m triumph at the Paris Olympics.
Polish wheelchair fencer Kinga Drozdz wins a Paralympic knockout match.
LeBron James and Steph Curry enjoy Team USA's semifinal elimination of Serbia.
An airborne Victor Wembanyama fails to block Curry's stepback 3-pointer in the Olympic final.
Curry tucks France into bed after hitting the dagger in the gold-medal game.
The New York Yankees swig Budweiser and Prosecco after winning the American League pennant.
Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam dooms the Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series.
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Arturs Silovs desperately searches for the puck in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
AZ Alkmaar 'keeper Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro lunges to foil Tottenham in Europa League play.
Novak Djokovic hits the splits to return a shot at the French Open.
Carlos Alcaraz defeats Djokovic in the Wimbledon final to win his fourth career Grand Slam.
Iran's Mohammadhadi Saravi punctuates his Olympic wrestling victory with a backflip.
American shot putter Raven Saunders masks up to compete in Paris.
Japan's Haruka Nakamura closely eyes the balance beam during her Olympic qualification routine.
Draymond Green sends LeBron to the foul line in the last second of a double-overtime classic.
Collin Moore gets hyped about an and-1 bucket in Grand Canyon's March Madness clash with Alabama.
UConn's Hassan Diarra flies over a Purdue ball-handler in the NCAA championship game.
Green Bay Packers running back Emanuel Wilson hurdles a San Francisco 49ers tackler.
Patrick Mahomes' helmet cracks from the impact of a hit in the NFL postseason.
Travis Kelce screams at Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid during the first half of Super Bowl LVIII.
A happier Kelce celebrates Mecole Hardman's Super Bowl-clinching overtime touchdown catch.
Jayson Tatum savors the Boston Celtics' 18th NBA championship with his son, Deuce.
Stanford baseball players are mesmerized by a postgame fireworks show.
A Kansas City Royals diehard salutes Bobby Witt Jr. on Opening Day.
Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Jose Siri smooches a baseball between innings.
Police tase a Cincinnati Reds fan who ran through the outfield.
Florida gymnast Sloane Blakely ribs the opposition during a meet against LSU.
Streamers fall on Iowa players after Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA's all-time scoring record.
River Plate forward Facundo Colidio rejoices after scoring against Argentinian opponent Velez.
Golfer Bryson DeChambeau carries the U.S. Open trophy past a throng of fans.
Richard Riakporhe tags Chris Billam-Smith during their cruiserweight world championship bout in London.
Bloodied UFC bantamweights Serhiy Sidey and Ramon Tavares absorb simultaneous blows.
Olympic veteran Juan Celaya of Mexico completes a dive at the World Aquatics Championships.
Japanese artistic swimmers Moe Higa and Mashiro Yasunaga cast a mirror image at a World Cup event.
Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn, better known as Raygun, hops like a kangaroo on the Olympic stage.
Brazil's Gabriel Medina levitates above the waters of the Olympic surfing competition.
Women's BMX cyclists from around the globe take flight in the Olympic semifinals.
Namibia's Ananias Shikongo runs in lockstep with his guide, Even Tjiviju, during a Paralympic sprint.
British synchronized divers Tom Daley and Noah Williams display their Olympic silver medals.
Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles bow to gold-medal gymnast Rebeca Andrade on the Olympic floor exercise podium.
Nick Faris is a features writer at theScore.