Photo highlights from Day 6 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo

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)

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)

Athletes compete in the men’s 800 meters semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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)

Cuba’s Liadagmis Povea 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)

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)

United States’ Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins the women’s 400 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Dominica’s Thea Lafond 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)

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’ 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)

Athletes compete in men’s 800 meters semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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)