Photo highlights from Day 1 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo

Italy's Daisy Osakue makes an attempt in the women's discus throw qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Italy's Daisy Osakue makes an attempt in the women's discus throw qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Ireland's Eric Favors 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)
Ireland's Eric Favors 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)
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)
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)
Uganda's Leonard Chemutai clears a barrier 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)
Uganda's Leonard Chemutai clears a barrier 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
United States' Sam Kendricks makes an attempt in the men's pole vault qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
United States' Sam Kendricks makes an attempt in the men's pole vault qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
United States' Alexis Holmes, Jenoah McKiver, Lynn Irby-Jackson and Bryce Deadmon pose after winning the gold medal in the mixed 4 X 400 meters relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
United States' Alexis Holmes, Jenoah McKiver, Lynn Irby-Jackson and Bryce Deadmon pose after winning the gold medal in the mixed 4 X 400 meters relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Athletes compete in a a men's 3,000 meters steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Athletes compete in a a men's 3,000 meters steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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)
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)
Italy's Leonardo Fabbri competes during the men's shot put final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Italy's Leonardo Fabbri competes during the men's shot put final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole vault qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole vault qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Poland's Ewa Swoboda poses after competing in the women's 100 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Poland's Ewa Swoboda poses after competing in the women's 100 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
United States' Alexis Holmes leads her team to the gold medal in the mixed 4 X 400 meters relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
United States' Alexis Holmes leads her team to the gold medal in the mixed 4 X 400 meters relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Colombia's Carlos San Martin runs into the barrier during a men's 3,000 meters steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Colombia's Carlos San Martin runs into the barrier during a men's 3,000 meters steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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)
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)
Italy's Leonardo Fabbri chalks his neck as he competes in the men's shot put final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Italy's Leonardo Fabbri chalks his neck as he competes in the men's shot put final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet crosses the line to win the gold medal in the women's 10,000 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet crosses the line to win the gold medal in the women's 10,000 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Norway's Sondre Mogens Guttormsen reacts after failing an attempt in the men's pole vault qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Norway's Sondre Mogens Guttormsen reacts after failing an attempt in the men's pole vault qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet, gold, embraces Italy's Nadia Battocletti, silver, after winning the the women's 10,000 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet, gold, embraces Italy's Nadia Battocletti, silver, after winning the the women's 10,000 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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