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Olympic Nail Art: See How Team USA Athletes Are Showing Off Their Patriotic Spirit

American athletes at the Olympics show off their patriotic spirit with red, white and blue nail designs.

These Olympians are patriotic all the way down to their fingernails!

With variations of red, white and blue designs, these American athletes are using nail art to show off their team spirit during the Tokyo Olympics. Some designs are simple enough to try at home while others are as intricate as the most complicated gymnastics flip.

Here's a roundup of the best Olympic nail art designs so far.

Jordan Chiles

This subtle, elegant design is the perfect way to show team spirit. (Laurence Griffiths / Getty Images)

The gymnastics star competed with square, white nails and added a special Olympics symbol on her ring finger. Chiles helped earned a silver medal for team finals Tuesday.

Alex Morgan

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Alex Morgan matched her nails to her Olympics uniform. (Brad Smith / Getty Images)

The Team USA soccer star rocked navy blue nails on Sunday when her team advanced to the quarter finals. And did you catch her sparkly silver pointer finger?

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Alys Williams and Kaleigh Gilchrist

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It looks like the Team USA water polo players shared nail polish. (Marcel ter Bals / Getty Images)

The water polo players (Williams, left, and Gilchrist, right) chose short, rounded nails with alternating patriotic colors.

Katie Ledecky

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Katie Ledecky is making history and inspiring nail art designs at the same time. (Maddie Meyer / Getty Images)

The swim legend, who won a gold medal in the debut of the women's 1500-meter freestyle race, competed in bright red nails with a fun polka-dot design.

Jessica Pegula

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Now this is a patriotic version of a French manicure! (Patrick Smith / Getty Images)

While competing for Team USA in tennis, Pegula (right) wore a jazzed up French manicure during her Sunday doubles match with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The manicure featured a light base color with navy and red striped tips.

Lily Zhang

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Don't let the pastel colors fool you! Lily Zhang of Team USA is a strong competitor. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)

Zhang on the table tennis team wore alternating nails of baby blue and white during her July 26 competition.

Emma Weyant

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We love the little red stars on Emma Weyant's manicure. (Al Bello / Getty Images)

With alternating white and gold nails, Weyant earned a silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley final Sunday for the swim team.

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Regan Smith

Regan Smith went neon and bright with her nail art. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

The Team USA swimmer competed in colorful, oval nails Tuesday to earn a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke.

Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez

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Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez looks fierce with metallic nails. (Justin Setterfield / Getty Images)

Mucino-Fernandez on the archery team wore alternating colors on her nails while competing July 25.

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