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 'At 9.30.38am, he jumped out of the wave with a celebration that spread immediately all around the world', recalls AFP snapper Jérôme Brouillet. The celebrations of Brazil's Gabriel Medina after making a difficult tube section in the Olympic surfing event at Teahupo’o may just have been the sports picture of the year.

Picture: Jérôme Brouillet, AFP.

Camera Classics: 80 of the world's most stunning sports pictures from 2024

THE MOST MEMORABLE SPORTS PICTURES OF 2024

Saluting the snappers who frame the sporting images of the year, from the school pitch to the Olympics

 

From local GAA fields to the events that stopped the world, here’s our selection of the most breathtaking pictures of the year.

 

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