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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