MacNicol shortlisted in sports pics competition

A SCOTS freelance photographer has been shortlisted in an annual sports photography awards.

Glasgow-based Ian MacNicol has been named among the nominees in the photography section of the British Sports Journalism Awards, run by the Sports Journalists’ Association.

The winners will be announced on the 25th.

In January, MacNicol was named the winner of a swimming sports photography competition.

Read more, here.

Pic: China’s Tao Zheng celebrates winning the men’s 100-metre backstroke final on day one of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

The shortlist reads:

Sports Portfolio

Andrew Boyers (Action Images)

Adrian Dennis (AFP)

Tom Jenkins (Guardian and Observer)

Eddie Keogh (Reuters)

Dylan Martinez (Reuters)

Mark Pain (Mail on Sunday)

Specialist Sports Portfolio

Philip Brown (Reuters)

Paul Childs (Action Images)

Paul Gilham (Getty Images)

Ian MacNicol (Freelance)

Mark Robinson (Freelance)

Clive Rose (Getty Images)

Sports News Picture

Paul Childs (Action Images)

Andrew Couldridge (Action Images)

Richard Heathcote (Getty Images)

Eddie Keogh (Reuters)

Michael Regan (Getty Images)

Stefan Wermuth (Reuters)

Sports Picture

Andrew Boyers (Action Images)

David Davis (Press Association)

Tom Jenkins (Guardian and Observer)

Lawrence Lustig (Freelance)

Stuart Robinson (Daily Express)

Mark Robinson (Freelance)

London Games Portfolio

Andrew Boyers (Action Images)

Adrian Dennis (AFP)

Dylan Martinez (Reuters)

Mark Pain (Mail on Sunday)

Clive Rose (Getty Images)

Dan Rowley (Colorsport)