World Weightlifting Championships 2011 - in pictures

Bulgaria's Boyanka Kostova releases a howl as her arms bend backwards and she begins her lift in the women's 53kg weight class Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images China's Deshang Tang stares aggressively at the floor as he completes his lift in the men's 69kg weight class Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters Indonisia's Eko Yuli Irawan looks to the heavens for inspiration in the men's 62kg weight class Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images You could fly a light aircraft into the gaping mouth of China's Su Dajin as he readies himself for his lift in the men's 77kg weight class Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters Puffing the cheeks out works best for Colombia's Valoyes Cuesta Ubaldina in the women's 75kg weight class Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images China's Su Dajin looks like he's about to cry as he completes a successful lift in the men's 77kg weight class clean and jerk. He won the silver medal, so no need for tears Photograph: Francois Mori/AP China's Wu Jingbiao looks happy if not a little scary as he completes his lift in the men's 56kg weight class Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images China's Xiaofang Ouyang gets ready to put all of the weight above her head into her thighs in her women's 63kg weight lift. She looks pretty composed Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images The current world champion, Russia's Evstyukhina Nadezda, risks losing her tongue as she finishes a successful lift in the women's 75kg weight class Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images She looks a little less confident about blowing a raspberry in the snatch and lift Photograph: Francois Mori/AP France's Vencelas Dabaya Tientchieu concentrates so hard as he holds his lift in the men's 69 kg weight class that his face may stick if he's not careful Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images Korea's Soo-Kyung Kim grits her teeth and gets ready for the pain in the women's 63kg weight class snatch and lift Photograph: Etienne Laurent/EPA North Korea's Kim Un Ju grimaces on the way to winning bronze in the women's 75kg weight class Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images North Korea's Yun Om Chol looks like he's just been shot as he begins his lift in the men's 56kg weight class snatch and lift Photograph: Etienne Laurent/EPA Turkey's Aylin Dasdelen does all she can to hide the pain she's feeling as she holds her lift in the women's 53kg weight class Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images Spain's Lidia Valentin sticks her chin out and gets ready to do business in the women's 75kg weight class snatch and lift Photograph: Etienne Laurent/EPA While Turkey's Ekrem Celil turns as red as the weights he is lifting as he puffs out his cheeks to complete his lift in the men's 69kg weight class Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters