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United States’ Daniel Haugh makes an attempt during the men’s hammer throw qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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United States’ Daniel Haugh makes an attempt during the men’s hammer throw qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Kazakhstan’s Daisy Jepkemei competes in a heat of the women’s 3,000 meters steeplechase after losing a shoe at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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United States’ Katie Moon gets ready for an attempt in the women’s pole vault qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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Tanzania’s Alphonce Felix Simbu, left, wins the gold in the men’s marathon ahead of Germany’s Amanal Petros at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Competitors race through the streets in the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

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Italy’s Iliass Aouani and Uganda’s Abel Chelangat try to keep cool in the the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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United States’ Katie Moon competes in the women’s pole vault qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Runners react as an official shows a green card after a false start in the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Runners start the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Japan’s Shota Fukuda makes an attempt during the men’s hammer throw qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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TOKYO (AP) — This photo gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features early track and field highlights from Day 3 of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

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