TOKYO (AP) — In some of their most emotional moments, Olympic athletes display their national pride. Medal winners are often…
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_33456 Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, celebrates after winning the women's 5,000-meters final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_29991 The athletes from the men's decathlon pose for a picture on the Olympic rings at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
AP Photo/Morry Gash
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_65045 Gianmarco Tamberi, of Italy, celebrates after winning the men's high jump final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_32828 Chen Yuxi of China, left, silver medal and Quan Hongchan of China, gold medal react after winning gold medal in women's diving 10-meter platform final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_04244 Sifan Hassan, of Netherlands celebrates after winning the gold medal in the final of the women's 5,000-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_94604 Athing Mu, of United States, celebrates after winning the final of the women's 800-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_00695 Megan Tapper, of Jamaica, reacts after the women's 100-meters hurdles final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_52550 Jolanda Neff of Switzerland hugs teammates Sina Frei (8) who won silver, and Linda Indergand (19) who won bronze, for a sweep of the podium for Switzerland, at the finish line the women's cross-country mountain bike competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_90463 United States Tamyra Marianna Stock Mensah celebrates defeating Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu and winning the women's 68kg Freestyle wrestling final match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
AP Photo/Aaron Favila
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_99844 Steven Gardiner, of the Bahamas, reacts after winning the final of the men's 400-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_45390 Ukraine's Zhan Beleniuk celebrates defeating Hungary's Viktor Lorincz during the men's 87kg Greco-Roman wrestling final match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
AP Photo/Aaron Favila
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_95045 Anthony Zambrano, of Colombia, reacts after his second place finish in the final of the men's 400-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_51499 April Ross, left, of the United States, and teammate Alix Klineman celebrate winning a women's beach volleyball gold medal match against Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
AP Photo/Felipe Dana
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_96662 Steven Gardiner, of the Bahamas, reacts after winning the men's 400-meter final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_99151 Kevin Mayer, of France, celebrates after his second place finish in the decathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_29161 New Zealand's Risi Pouri-Lane, left, and Michaela Blyde hug, wrapped in a national flag, as they celebrate in the empty stadium after receiving their gold medals in women's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_90261 Damian Warner, of Canada reacts after he won the gold medal for the decathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_95837 Britain's Hanna Mills, right, and Eilidh Mcintyre celebrate after winning the 470 women's gold medal during the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Fujisawa, Japan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
AP Photo/Bernat Armangue
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_45479 Valarie Allman, of the United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's discus throw final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_41958 Dawid Tomala, of Poland, celebrates after placing first in the men's 50km race walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Sapporo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_75378 Anouk Vetter, of the Netherlands, right, silver, and Emma Oosterwegel, of Netherlands, bronze, celebrate after the heptathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
AP Photo/Francisco Seco
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_00799 Aron Szilagyi of Hungary celebrates winning the gold medal after defeating Luigi Samele of Italy compete in the men's individual final Sabre competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
AP Photo/Hassan Ammar
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_93938 Noah Lyles, of the United States, reacts after his third place finish in the final of the men's 200-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_27521 Thomas Pidcock of Britain celebrates as he wins the gold medal during the men's cross country mountain bike competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_86261 Gold medalists of the Russian Olympic committee Sabre team celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's Sabre team final medal competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
AP Photo/Hassan Ammar
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_55838 Keely Hodgkinson, of Britain, celebrates after her second place finish in the final of the women's 800-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_02072 Gold medalist Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, center, silver medalist Patricia Mamona of Portugal, right, and bronze medalist Ana Peleteiro of Spain, celebrate on the track following the final of the women's triple jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_93954 Gold medal winner Sakura Yosozumi, right, and silver medalist Kokona Hiraki, both of Japan, celebrate after the women's park skateboarding finals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
AP Photo/Ben Curtis
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_07584 Bronze medalist Femke Bol, of the Netherlands, celebrates after the women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_90245 Elaine Thompson-Herah, of Jamaica, celebrates after winning the women's 100-meter final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_98259 United States Tamyra Marianna Stock Mensah celebrates defeating Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu and winning the women's 68kg Freestyle wrestling final match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
AP Photo/Aaron Favila
Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, celebrates after winning the women's 5,000-meters final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
s_Photo_Gallery_29991 The athletes from the men's decathlon pose for a picture on the Olympic rings at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
AP Photo/Morry Gash
Gianmarco Tamberi, of Italy, celebrates after winning the men's high jump final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Chen Yuxi of China, left, silver medal and Quan Hongchan of China, gold medal react after winning gold medal in women's diving 10-meter platform final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky
Sifan Hassan, of Netherlands celebrates after winning the gold medal in the final of the women's 5,000-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Athing Mu, of United States, celebrates after winning the final of the women's 800-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Megan Tapper, of Jamaica, reacts after the women's 100-meters hurdles final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Jolanda Neff of Switzerland hugs teammates Sina Frei (8) who won silver, and Linda Indergand (19) who won bronze, for a sweep of the podium for Switzerland, at the finish line the women's cross-country mountain bike competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
United States Tamyra Marianna Stock Mensah celebrates defeating Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu and winning the women's 68kg Freestyle wrestling final match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
AP Photo/Aaron Favila
Steven Gardiner, of the Bahamas, reacts after winning the final of the men's 400-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
Ukraine's Zhan Beleniuk celebrates defeating Hungary's Viktor Lorincz during the men's 87kg Greco-Roman wrestling final match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
AP Photo/Aaron Favila
Anthony Zambrano, of Colombia, reacts after his second place finish in the final of the men's 400-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
April Ross, left, of the United States, and teammate Alix Klineman celebrate winning a women's beach volleyball gold medal match against Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
AP Photo/Felipe Dana
Steven Gardiner, of the Bahamas, reacts after winning the men's 400-meter final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Kevin Mayer, of France, celebrates after his second place finish in the decathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
New Zealand's Risi Pouri-Lane, left, and Michaela Blyde hug, wrapped in a national flag, as they celebrate in the empty stadium after receiving their gold medals in women's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama
Damian Warner, of Canada reacts after he won the gold medal for the decathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
Britain's Hanna Mills, right, and Eilidh Mcintyre celebrate after winning the 470 women's gold medal during the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Fujisawa, Japan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
AP Photo/Bernat Armangue
Valarie Allman, of the United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's discus throw final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Dawid Tomala, of Poland, celebrates after placing first in the men's 50km race walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Sapporo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama
Anouk Vetter, of the Netherlands, right, silver, and Emma Oosterwegel, of Netherlands, bronze, celebrate after the heptathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
AP Photo/Francisco Seco
Aron Szilagyi of Hungary celebrates winning the gold medal after defeating Luigi Samele of Italy compete in the men's individual final Sabre competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
AP Photo/Hassan Ammar
Noah Lyles, of the United States, reacts after his third place finish in the final of the men's 200-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Thomas Pidcock of Britain celebrates as he wins the gold medal during the men's cross country mountain bike competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
Gold medalists of the Russian Olympic committee Sabre team celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's Sabre team final medal competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
AP Photo/Hassan Ammar
Keely Hodgkinson, of Britain, celebrates after her second place finish in the final of the women's 800-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Gold medalist Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, center, silver medalist Patricia Mamona of Portugal, right, and bronze medalist Ana Peleteiro of Spain, celebrate on the track following the final of the women's triple jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Gold medal winner Sakura Yosozumi, right, and silver medalist Kokona Hiraki, both of Japan, celebrate after the women's park skateboarding finals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
AP Photo/Ben Curtis
Bronze medalist Femke Bol, of the Netherlands, celebrates after the women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Elaine Thompson-Herah, of Jamaica, celebrates after winning the women's 100-meter final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
United States Tamyra Marianna Stock Mensah celebrates defeating Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu and winning the women's 68kg Freestyle wrestling final match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
AP Photo/Aaron Favila
APTOPIX_Tokyo_Olympics_Athletes_and_Flags_Photo_Gallery_51499 April Ross, left, of the United States, and teammate Alix Klineman celebrate winning a women's beach volleyball gold medal match against Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
AP Photo/Felipe Dana
TOKYO (AP) — In some of their most emotional moments, Olympic athletes display their national pride.
Medal winners are often handed the flags of their countries as they celebrate their wins. Some wrap themselves in them and weep. Others drape them over their heads or hold them behind their backs as they take victory laps.
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands wrapped her country’s flag around her and laid down on the track as she celebrated her gold medal in the women’s 5000 meters. Hours earlier, she had picked herself up from a scary fall on the final lap of her 1500-meter heat to not only finish that race, but win it as well.
Hanna Mills and Eilidh McIntyre celebrated their sailing gold medal by taking Britain’s flag into the water with them. Kevin Mayer of France and Valarie Allman of the United States jumped for joy with their flags behind them as they celebrated winning silver in the decathlon and gold in the discus throw, respectively.
New Zealand’s Risi Pouri-Lane and Michaela Blyde hugged, wrapped in their national flag, as they celebrated their gold medals in women’s rugby sevens in an empty stadium.
And the gold medalists from the Russian Olympic Committee’s sabre fencing team celebrated gold by leaping behind a flag featuring the Olympic rings. Russia’s flag is banned due to doping issues.
These Associated Press photos capture the athletes as they celebrate their wins, flags in tow.
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