Olympic wrestling and weightlifting test events - in pictures
A busy weekend at London's ExCel Centre as it hosts two Olympic test events, weightlifting and wrestling respectively. Here, a competitor tries out in the men's 94kg competitionPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverIn the women's freestyle 48kg competition. Mariya Stadnyk of Azerbaijan (left) locks hands with Tatyana Samkova of Russia in their quarter-finalPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverAnna Lesniewska of Poland gets a neck rub before a lift. Lesniewska competes in the 69kg competitionPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer
Riza Kayaalp of Turkey faces Xenofon Koutsoubas of Greece face off in the gold medal final men's Greco-Roman 120kg competitionPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverKang Yue of China, about to complete a clean and jerk lift, on her way to winning the silver medal in the women's 69kg competitionPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverAndrea Minguzzi of Italy looks dejected after he lost his Greco-Roman 84kg semi-final to Vasyl Rachyba of UkrainePhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverNatasha Perdue of GB lifting in the clean and jerk section of the women's 69kg categoryPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverBashir Babajanzadeh of Iran (bottom) on the way to losing his quarter-final men's Greco-Roman 120kg competitionPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverOlga Butkevych of GB (left) attacks Irina Ologonova of Russia in their semi-final in the 55kg category. Butkevych prevailed over the Russian to take her place in the finalPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverRuth Kasirye of Norway composes herself before attempting to complete a lift in the clean and jerk section. She was third overall on the women's 69kg competitionPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverThe women's freestyle 48kg semi-final can be seen through the action of the men's Greco-Roman 96kg semi-finalPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverIn the women's freestyle 48kg competition, Nesmarie Rodriguez of Puerto Rico is attacked by Alexandra Engelhardt of Germany in their quarter-finalPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer
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