On your mark, get set, medal: Best track-and-field photos from the Tokyo Olympics (2024)

USA’s Allyson Felix smiles after winning the bronze medal in the 400-meter race.

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USA’s Allyson Felix smiles after winning the gold medal in the 4 X 400 relay. Felix broke the record for the most track medals in Olympics history.

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Jamaica’s Stephenie McPherson cries out in pain as she is helped by teammate Candice McLeod and USA’s Quanera Hayes after the 400-meter race.

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Sydney McLaughlin, right, celebrates her gold medal with fellow American and silver medalist Dalilah Muhammad in the 400-meter hurdles.

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USA’s Bryce Deadmon sprints to the lead in the 4 X 400 relay finals.

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Germany’s Julian Weber chooses his weapon during javelin qualifying.

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An athlete stands in the shade before the start of the men’s javelin throw.

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Moldova’s Anddrian Mardare makes a throw in the men’s javelin throw qualification.

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Sweden’s Armand Duplantis celebrates after clearing the bar to win the gold medal in the pole vault.

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Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim does a back flip as he loses his sunglasses at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Barshim won the gold medal.

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Britain’s Alexandra Bell hugs Jamaica’s Natoya Goule, foreground, after the 800-meter final.

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Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi celebrates his gold medal in the high jump by holding a cast from an ankle injury. Barshim won the gold medal.

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Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, left, reacts after defeating Team USA’s Kendra Harrison in the 100m hurdles.

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Australia’s Genevieve Gregson injures her ankle during the women’s 3000m steeplechase.

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Kajetan Duszynski crosses the finish line first for team Poland and capture the 4X400 relay mixed race.

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Hungary’s Luca Kozak becomes emotional after falling in the semifinal of the 100m hurdles.

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Cuba’s Maykel Massó lands in the sand pit in the men’s long jump final.

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The Netherlands’ Nadine Visser lines up at the start of the women’s 100m hurdles.

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Brazil’s Augusto Dutra clears the bar in the men’s pole vault qualifying competition.

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Competitors race down the back stretch in the 1,500m race.

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Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega carries the flag of his country after winning gold in the men’s 10,000m final.

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Jamaica’s Janieve Russell prepares to enter the starting blocks for the 400m hurdles.

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Bahama’s Shaunae Miller-Uibo warms-up before round 1 of the 200m race.

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Ukraine’s Olha Golodna competes in the women’s shot put qualifying.

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Finland’s Kristina Makela makes a jump in the women’s triple jump qualifying.

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With a wet track, Uganda’s Stephen Kissa leads the pack early in the race in the men’s 10,000 final.

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