The week in sport – in pictures

During the 2012 European Synchronised Swimming Championships in the Netherlands, a competitor shows her skills in the distinctly unsynchronised 'solo technical routine' Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt looks appalled by something at a news conference in Ostrava Photograph: David W Cerny/Reuters

Traditional phone boxes line the Twickenham pitch ahead of the Heineken Cup final rugby match between Leinster and Ulster. Evidently they're being used as changing rooms by the cheerleaders. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Rafael Nadal displays a new level of skill by smashing 17 backhands in one go ... or at least his new waxwork equaivalent does Photograph: Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images

New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur clears the puck against the New York Rangers during their NHL Eastern Conference play-off game Photograph: Adam Hunger/Reuters

Golfer Ernie Els fijnds himself in a spot of bother at the 18th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship at Wentworth Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images

The Caterham Formula One car of Heikki Kovalainen spurts smoke across the track at Monaco Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters

Djakaridja Kone receives an oversized boot trophy for being the best player in Dinamo Bucharest's win over Rapid Bucharest Photograph: Robert Ghement/EPA

Somewhere in among the fireworks, an Olympic torchbearer runs with the Olympic flame across the Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

The pack rides into the mountains during the 186km 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia Photograph: Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters

Slovakian ice hockey fans show their colours at the World Championship final game between Russia and Slovakia Photograph: Radovan Stoklasa/Reuters

Christopher Frazer of Great Britain gets a rough ride from La-Emotion in the 83rd German Jumping Derby Photograph: Dennis Grombkowski/Bongarts/Getty Images

Jeffrey Wammes of the Netherlands struggles for grip on the horizontal bar during a training session for the men's 30th Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Montpellier Photograph: Robin Utrecht/EPA

Yuri van Gelder flies through the air during his dismount from the rings. Click here to see more images from the Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships Photograph: Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images