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WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025

USA's Noah Lyles celebrates after winning gold in the men's 4x100 meter relay during the World Athletics Championships at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on September 21, 2025.Photo: Christine Olsson / TT / Code 10430

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WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025

USA's Noah Lyles celebrates after winning gold in the men's 4x100 meter relay during the World Athletics Championships at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on September 21, 2025.Photo: Christine Olsson / TT / Code 10430

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WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025

USA's Noah Lyles celebrates after winning gold in the men's 4x100 meter relay during the World Athletics Championships at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on September 21, 2025.Photo: Christine Olsson / TT / Code 10430

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WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025

USA's Noah Lyles celebrates after winning gold in the men's 4x100 meter relay during the World Athletics Championships at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on September 21, 2025.Photo: Christine Olsson / TT / Code 10430

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Noah Lyles (bottom) reacts as the United States wins the men's 4x100-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Leadoff runner for Japan Yuki Koike prepares in the rain before starting the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

(from L) Japan team members Hiroki Yanagita, Yuki Koike, Yoshihide Kiryu and Towa Uzawa acknowledge the crowd after finishing sixth in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Japan team members draped in national flags are pictured after finishing sixth in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes receive batons to race in the anchor leg of the men's 4x100-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Members of the United States men's and women's 4x100-meter relay teams celebrate after winning their respective events at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Members of the United States men's and women's 4x100-meter relay teams celebrate after winning their respective events at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Noah Lyles of the United States celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 4x100-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Japan's Yoshihide Kiryu (foreground) runs the third leg in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Japan's Yoshihide Kiryu (R) receives the baton from Hiroki Yanagita in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes, including Noah Lyles of the United States (foreground, L), compete in the men's 4x100-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes, including Noah Lyles of the United States (foreground, L), compete in the men's 4x100-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes, including Noah Lyles of the United States (bottom, L), compete in the men's 4x100-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes compete in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Noah Lyles (2nd from L) of the United States celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of other athletes -- (from far L) Elvis Afrifa of the Netherlands, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu of Ghana, Andre de Grasse of Canada and Towa Uzawa of Japan -- to win the men's 4x100-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

(from L) Christian Coleman, Kenneth Bednarek, Courtney Lindsey and Noah Lyles of the United States pose for a photo with the national flags after winning the men's 4x100-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Noah Lyles of the United States celebrates after winning the men's 4x100-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Noah Lyles of the United States celebrates after winning the men's 4x100-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Noah Lyles of the United States wins the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Noah Lyles of the United States wins the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes compete in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Noah Lyles of the United States crosses the finish line in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Noah Lyles of the United States crosses the finish line in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes compete in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Yoshihide Kiryu (R) of Japan receives the baton from Hiroki Yanagita in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Yoshihide Kiryu (R) of Japan receives the baton from Hiroki Yanagita in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes compete in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

(from L) Japan's Yuki Koike, Hiroki Yanagita, Yoshihide Kiryu and Towa Uzawa hold national flags after finishing sixth in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

(from L) Japan's Yuki Koike, Hiroki Yanagita, Yoshihide Kiryu and Towa Uzawa hold national flags after finishing sixth in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

(from L) Japan's Yuki Koike, Hiroki Yanagita, Yoshihide Kiryu and Towa Uzawa hold national flags after finishing sixth in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Noah Lyles of the United States crosses the finish line in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Noah Lyles of the United States competes in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Noah Lyles of the United States crosses the finish line in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Noah Lyles of the United States competes in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Noah Lyles of the United States competes in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Noah Lyles of the United States competes in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan sprinters -- (from L) Yoshihide Kiryu, Koki Ueyama, Ryuichiro Sakai and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown -- are pictured after finishing fifth in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris on Aug. 9, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Koki Ueyama (3rd from L) crosses the finish line in fifth place in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Abdul Hakim Sani Brown competes in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Yoshihide Kiryu competes in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Ryuichiro Sakai competes in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Koki Ueyama competes in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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World aquatics championships

Pan Zhanle of China poses after his team won gold in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 11, 2024. He set the world record 46.80 seconds in the leadoff leg of the relay.

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World aquatics championships

Pan Zhanle of China celebrates after his team won gold in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 11, 2024. He set the world record 46.80 seconds in the leadoff leg of the relay.

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World aquatics championships

Pan Zhanle (R) of China celebrates with teammates after the team won gold in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 11, 2024. Pan set the world record 46.80 seconds in the leadoff leg of the relay.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Katsuhiro Matsumoto swims in the second leg of the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.