Photo highlights from Day 1 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
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Spain's Maria Perez celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's 35 kilometers race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Nigeria's Chukwuebuka Cornnell Enekwechi makes an attempt in the men's shot put qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Angola's Marcos Santos leaps into the air as he warms-up for a men's 100 meters preliminary round heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Canada's Evan Dunfee celebrates as he wins the gold in the men's 35 kilometers race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Athletes compete in a mixed 4 x 400 meters relay heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Jamaica's Zandrion Barnes, left, and Italy's Vladimir Aceti compete in a mixed 4 X 400 meters relay heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Brazil's Andressa De Morais holds a discus during the women's discus throw qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Haiti's Christopher Borzor competes in the men's 100 meters preliminary round at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Nigeria's Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor, top, and Italy's Larissa Iapichino make an attempt in the women's long jump qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Athletes race in a women's 1,500 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Italy's Larissa Iapichino makes an attempt in the women's long jump qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Spain's Daniel Arce reacts as other athletes compete after he fell during a men's 3,000 meters steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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United States' Twanisha Terry after finishing a women's 100 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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