Everyone has a favorite event in the Summer Olympics . For you, it might be gymnastics, and watching Suni Lee of Team U.S.A. take home gold ...

Olympic Nail Art Peaked In Tokyo — These Are The 5 Coolest Looks

Everyone has a favorite event in the Summer Olympics. For you, it might be gymnastics, and watching Suni Lee of Team U.S.A. take home gold in the Women's All-Around probably made you a little emotional. Maybe you're a diehard soccer fan. Or, you tune into the pool events, from 200-meter backstroke to water polo.

Regardless of your sport of choice, or whether or not you've been watching closely, one theme that rang true throughout the Tokyo Games this summer: The athletes brought it with their nail art. Scroll through the gallery ahead to see the close-ups of the coolest manicures that you might've missed. Because even if the U.S. women's soccer team didn't take home gold, Alex Morgan's American-flag manicure certainly deserves honorable mention.

Alex Morgan


In honor of the Olympics, we're endorsing a patriotic manicure a full month after the Fourth of July.Photo: Francois Nel/Getty Images.

Regan Smith


U.S.A. swimmer Regan Smith sported flaming-neon French tips, which we have to assume to be a long-wear gel manicure, because, chlorine. Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce


You can't miss Jamaican track star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, with her bright-yellow hair and long fingernails painted orange and pink.
Photo: Tim Clayton/Corbis/Getty Images.

Alys Williams


American water polo player Alys Williams wore the simple multicolored manicure, a combo of red, white, and blue.Photo: Marcel ter Bals/BSR Agency/Getty Images.

Suni Lee


Maybe the most intricate of the bunch, Lee wore a square-tipped manicure designed with teeny-tiny Olympic rings — perfect for her gold-metal closeup.Photo: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images.

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