Tongues out

AERIAL ASSIST: Kazakhstan's Marina Aitova competes in the women's high jump heats at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka.

STREAMLINED: Canada's Tyler Christopher celebrates after winning his men's 400m semifinal race at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

BRING IT ON: Japan's Hozumi Hasegawa (right) provokes South Africa's Simpiwe Vetyeka during their World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight title bout in Tokyo.

TRAINING RUN: AC Milan's Paolo Maldini sticks his tongue out during a training session at Parkhead Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland.

MINE'S BIGGER: Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James sticks out his tongue to a teammate during the first half of their NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles, California.

FEET FIRST: France's Florent Malouda raises a boot near the face of Spain's Pablo Ibanez during their second round World Cup 2006 soccer match in Hanover.

QUICK SINGLE: Wellington Firebirds James Franklin pokes his tongue out as he runs between wickets during the State Championship cricket match against the Central Stags at the Basin Reserve, Wellington

COAST TO COAST Chrissie Wellington pokes her tongue out for the cameras at Big Boulders in the mountain run during the first day of the two day event in the Speights Coast to Coast.

TONGUE TAN?: Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus reacts during his match against Sweden's Thomas Johansson at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.

KISS ME: Kiss bassist Gene Simmons pokes his tongue out during a concert after the Melbourne F1 Grand Prix.

BRING IT ON: UCLA Bruin's Darren Collison gets set to play defence against the Stanford Cardinal after sinking a three-point shot during the first half of the Pac-10 Men's Basketball Tournament final in Los Angeles.

FRENCH TWIST: A Maori performs during the inauguration of the "100% Pure New Zealand" exhibition near the Eiffel tower in Paris in 2007.

ALI'S ALL IN: New Zealand's Ali Williams performs the "haka" before the Rugby World Cup 2007 Group C match between Scotland and New Zealand in Edinburgh.

TONGUE OF DAVID: Argentina's David Nalbandian sticks his tongue out during his match against Thailand's Danai Udomchoke at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.

EXTRA EFFORT: Yasser Ibrahim Farag of Egypt competes during the men's shot put event at the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha.

WHAT A MESSI: Barcelona's Lionel Messi sticks out his tongue after missing a scoring opportunity during their Champions League last 16, second leg soccer match against VfB Stuttgart at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona.

NOTHING BUT TONGUE: Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant watches after releasing his three-point shot against the Denver Nuggets during Game 2 of their NBA basketball playoff series in Los Angeles.

SEVENS SUCCESS: New Zealand's Zar Lawrence performs a haka after winning their final match against South Africa at the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament in Hong Kong.

INTERESTING RETURN: Tawan's Chan Yung-Jan sticks out her tongue as she reacts to losing a point against Lindsay Davenport of the US during their match at the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells.

SOLO WORK: Skipper Philippe Monnet of France sticks out his tongue at photographers from his catamaran on the eve of the 2002 Route du Rhum in Saint-Malo, France's most prestigious trans-Atlantic solo race from Saint-Malo, French Brittany to the overseas territory of Guadeloupe.

STICK IT OUT: Ariane Friedrich of Germany reacts during the women's high jump event at the Herculis athletics meeting at Louis II stadium in Monaco.

FORKED TONGUE: Mexican wrestler who goes by the name "The Troll" sticks out his split tongue during a break in training in Mexico City.

RECORD RUN: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after winning the men's 100 metres final at the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 16, 2009. Bolt won the race in a time of 9.58 seconds setting a new world record.

HORSING AROUND: Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird sticks out his tongue as he stands to be washed following a morning workout at Belmont Park in New York.

CHECK THIS OUT: Wallace Spearmon of the US (left) sticks out his tongue beside Usain Bolt of Jamaica as they cross the finish line of their men's 200m semifinal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.