Photos: Germany's Steiner wins Olympic Men's +105kg Weightlifting gold

Matthias Steiner (C), Evgeny Chigishev (L), Viktors Scerbatihs (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Germany's Matthias Steiner won the gold medal in the Men's +105kg Weightlifting class at the Beijing Olympic Games on Tuesday.

Steiner hoisted 203kg in Snatch and 258kg in Clean and Jerk for a winning total of 461kg.

Russia's Vgeny Chigishev took silver on 460kg, and Viktors Scerbatihs of Latvia had bronze on 448kg.

Matthias Steiner poses. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Matthias Steiner (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Matthias Steiner (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Matthias Steiner takes a lift. (Photo credit: Yang Lei/Xinhua)

Matthias Steiner celebrates his victory. (Photo credit: Yang Lei/Xinhua)

Matthias Steiner kisses the plate. (Photo credit: Yang Lei/Xinhua)