Looking cool is not the top priority of the athletes' going for gold at the Olympics. There are so many photographers capturing every single moment of competition, that it's hardly surprising some competitors get caught pulling funny faces. IBTimes UK rounds up some of the most bizarre expressions at the Rio 2016 Olympics, from gymnasts frozen mid-tumble to the shock and awe of defeat and victory. See our second Olympic funny faces gallery here.
Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino prepares to compete in the men's 200m freestyle semifinalChristophe Simon/AFPLaura Giombini of Italy reacts during their women's beach volleyball match against CanadaShaun Botterill/Getty ImagesKacper Majchrzak of Poland reacts following the men's 200m freestyle finalJulian Finney/Getty ImagesMichael Phelps of the United States prepares for the second semifinal of the men's 200m butterflyAl Bello/Getty ImagesChad Le Clos of South Africa reacts before the second semifinal of the men's 200m butterflyAdam Pretty/Getty ImagesDirk van Tichelt of Belgium reacts after defeating Changrim An of Korea in the men's –73 kg judo elimination roundDavid Ramos/Getty ImagesCroatian water polo player Andro Buslje competes against MontenegroLaszlo Balogh/ReutersChinese boxer Zhao Minggang of China reacts as he is spongedPeter Cziborra/ReutersLithuanian gymnast Robert Tvorogal competes on the vaultEmmanuel Dunand/AFPArgentina's Rocio Campigli vies with Dutch players during the women's preliminaries group B handball matchEric Feferberg/AFPNikola Karabatic of France is pictured in action against Tunisia in the men's handball competitionKai Pfaffenbach/ReutersBrazilian rugby player Andre Nascimento tackles Kisi Keomaka Unufe of the USPhil Noble/ReutersFrance's Sofiane Oumiha lands a punch on Honduras' Teofimo Andres Lopez Rivera during the men's light (60kg) matchYuri Cortez/AFPChang Hye-Jin of South Korea competes in the women's archery eventYves Herman/ReutersMarcel Nguyen of Germany competes on the parallel bars during the men's gymnastics team finalMatthias Hangst/Getty ImagesChinese gymnast Chaopan Lin of China competes on the parallel barsAlex Livesey/Getty ImagesRussian gymnast Nikita Nagornyy competes on the vault during the men's team finalRyan Pierse/Getty ImagesGermany's Tabea Alt competes in the qualifying round for the women's uneven bars eventBen Stansall/AFPUSA's April Ross dives during their women's beach volleyball qualifying match against ChinaLeon Neal/AFPMatteo Aicardi of Italy plays water polo against FranceLaszlo Balogh/ReutersYosuke Nakayama of Japan reacts after an unsuccessful lift in the men's 62kg weightliftingYves Herman/ReutersOscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera of Colombia reacts during the men's 62kg group A weightlifting contestLars Baron/Getty ImagesManueli Tulo of Fiji competes in the men's 56kg weightlifting eventStoyan Nenov/ReutersMathlynn Sasser of Marshall Islands reacts during the women's 58kg weightlifting contestLars Baron/Getty ImagesChinese swimmer Sun Yang reacts after winning the 200m freestyle finalDominic Ebenbichler/ReutersRomania's Corina Caprioriu reacts after losing to Portugal's Telma Monteiro during their women's –57kg judo contestToshifumi Kitamura/AFPHugo Calderano of Brazil reacts after scoring against Jun Mizutani of Japan during round 4 of the men's table tennisTom Pennington/Getty ImagesLaura Ludwig of Germany blows kisses into the camera as she celebrates beating Canada in their women's beach volleyball matchEzra Shaw/Getty ImagesAustria's Alexander Huber reacts during their men's beach volleyball qualifying match against the USAYasuyoshi Chiba/AFPNeymar heads the ball during Brazil's first round Group A football matchEvaristo Sa/AFPSlovakia's Barbora Balazova eyes the ball in her singles qualification round table tennis matchJuan Mabromata/AFPSegun Toriola of Nigeria plays a men's singles second round table tennis match against Koki Niwa of JapanMike Ehrmann/Getty ImagesShane Tusup, husband and coach of Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu, celebrates as she wins the women's 400m individual medleyDavid Gray/ReutersJoana Palacios of Argentina competes during the women's 63kg group B weightlifting contestJulian Finney/Getty Images/Yves Herman/ReutersGerman gymnast Pauline Schaefer performs her floor routine during the women's team finalDamir Sagolj/Reuters
