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Photographing Motion at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Sports Illustrated photographers Simon Bruty, Kohjiro Kinno and Erick W. Rasco uniquely captured the athletes at Tokyo throughout the Games.

Men’s Swimming

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Competitors dive into the water at the start of the 200m men’s butterfly semifinal at the Tokyo Aquatics Center.

Men’s Track and Field

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Athletes run around the track at Olympic Stadium.

Men’s Velodrome Cycling

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Stefan Bissegger, Cyrille Thiery, Robin Froidevaux and Mauro Schmid of Switzerland compete during the men’s team pursuit at Izu Velodrome.

Men’s Gymnastics

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A member of Team Japan competes on the pommel horse at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. 

Men’s Diving

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An athlete dives into the pool during the men’s 10-meter platform diving on Day 14 at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. 

Women’s Swimming

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Katie Ledecky wins gold in the first women’s 1,500-meter Olympic competition at the Tokyo Aquatics Center.

Men’s Trampoline

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Angel Hernandez of Colombia competes in the men’s qualification of the trampoline  event at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.

Men’s Diving

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Competitors dive during the men’s 3-meter synchronized springboard event at the Tokyo Aquatics Center.

Men’s Triathlon

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Athletes compete during the men’s triathlon at Odaiba Marine Park.

Men’s Trampoline

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Uladzislau Hancharou of Belarus competes in a men’s trampoline qualification event at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.

Men’s Track and Field

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Athletes run around the track at Olympic Stadium.

Women’s Swimming

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Zhang Yufei of China competes in a butterfly competition at the Tokyo Aquatics Center.

Women’s Velodrome Cycling

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Jasmin Duehring, Allison Beveridge, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Georgia Simmerling of Canada sprint during the women’s team pursuit at Izu Velodrome. 

Men’s Swimming

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Kristof Milak of Hungary leads the men’s 200m butterfly semifinals at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. 

Men’s Diving

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An athlete dives into the pool during the men’s 10-meter platform diving event at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. 

BMX Cycling

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Competitors race down the hill at Ariake Urban Park. 

Men’s Canoe/Slalom

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Takuya Haneda of Japan competes during the men’s canoe/slalom semifnal on Day 3 of the Olympic Games at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Center. 

Women's Gymnastics

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Jordan Chiles of Team USA competes in vault during the women’s team final at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.

Men’s Trampoline

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A competitor does a flip in the air during a men’s trampoline qualification event at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.

Men’s Swimming

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A competitor races during the butterfly race at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. 

Men’s BMX Cycling

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Joris Daudet of France makes a jump during the men’s BMX quarterfinal at Ariake Urban Sports Park.

Men’s Diving

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An athlete dives into the pool during the men’s 10-meter platform diving event at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. 

Men's Swimming

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Swimmers compete in a heat of a backstroke swimming event at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. 

Men’s Trampoline

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Ryosuke Sakai of Japan competes in a men’s trampoline qualification event at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.

Women’s Sailing

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Sailors in the women’s one-person dinghy race start the competition at Enoshima Yacht Harbor. 

Men’s Sport Climbing

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Rishat Khaibullin of Kazakhstan races up the wall during the men’s sport climbing speed qualification event at Aomi Urban Sports Park. 

Men’s Weightlifting

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Man Asaad of Syria competes during the men’s weightlifting +109kg event at the Tokyo International Forum.

Men’s Diving

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An athlete dives into the pool during the men’s 10-meter platform diving event at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. 

Women’s Karate Kata

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Viviana Bottaro of Italy competes for the women’s karate kata bronze medal at Nippon Budokan.

Women’s Pole Vault

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Katie Nageotte of the U.S. wins the gold medal in the women's pole vault at Olympic Stadium.

Men’s Diving

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An athlete dives into the pool during a men’s 10-meter platform diving event at the Tokyo Aquatics Center.

Judo

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Athletes spar during a judo match at Nippon Budokan. 

Women’s Karate Kata

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An athlete competes during a women’s karate kata at Nippon Budokan.

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