United States' Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins the gold medal in the women's 400 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
TOKYO (AP) — This photo gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features highlights from Day 6 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.
Athletes race in a women’s 5,000 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ Shafiqua Maloney prepares to start a women’s 800 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)Senegal’s Saly Sarr makes an attempt in the women’s triple jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)Athletes compete in the men’s 800 meters semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino silver medalist in the women’s 400 meters final competes at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)Serbia’s Angelina Topic competes in the women’s high jump qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)A view of the tattoo on the arm of United States’ Shelby Houlihan as she races alongside United States’ Elise Cranny in a women’s 5,000 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas reacts in the women’s triple jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)Ireland’s Cian McPhillips wins a men’s 800 meters semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas makes an attempt in the women’s triple jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)Botswana’s Busang Collen Kebinatshipi celebrates taking the gold medal in the men’s 400 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)France’s Yanis Meziane reacts after competing in men’s 800 meters semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell races ahead of others to compete in women’s 800 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh makes an attempt in the women’s high jump qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)United States’ Noah Lyles competes in the men’s 200 meters heats at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)United States’ Curtis Thompson prepares to compete in the men’s javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)United States’ Noah Lyles leaps ahead of his men’s 200 meters semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)Jamaica’s Navasky Anderson reacts after finishing a men’s 800 meters semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)United States’ Vashti Cunningham reads her notes while waiting her turn in the women’s high jump qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)Athletes compete in men’s 800 meters semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, right, consoles Ukraine’s Kateryna Tabashnyk after the women’s high jump qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)United States’ Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone reacts after winning the gold medal in the women’s 400 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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