PARIS (AP) — The details are everything for Paris' Olympians. The same is true for Associated Press' photographers.
The intricate tape work on British gymnast Georgia-Mae Fenton's ankles and feet that keep her stable on the balance beam. The wax on Australian skateboarder Haylie Powell's board that keeps her gliding when she grinds. The bun holding Miyu Yamashita's hair that doubles as a tee storage for the Japanese golfer.
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Athletes from Trinidad and Tabago exchange a baton during the men's 4x400-meter relay heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Serbia's Nikola Jaksic and Japan's Taiyo Watanabe battle for the ball during the men's Water Polo Group B preliminary match between Serbia and Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Italy's Sara Curtis competes splashes before a women's 50-meter freestyle semifinal at the Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Taliyah Brooks, of the United States, competes during the women's heptathlon shot put at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Ivan Petkov Dimov of Bulgaria competes during the men's 61kg weightlifting event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Sha'carri Richardson of the United States, wins a heat in the women's 100-meter run at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Italy's Alberta Santuccio prepares for the women's individual Epee round of 32 competition against Singapore's Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Silja Kosonen, of Finland, competes in the women's hammer throw qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Johanna Estime watches the women's Group A field hockey match between France and China at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Colombes, France. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Paraguay's Giuliana Poletti reaches the ball during the women's pool D beach volleyball match between Canada and Paraguay at Eiffel Tower Stadium at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Lilia Vu, of the United States, places her ball on the tee on the 12th hole during the first round of the women's golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, at Le Golf National, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Tarsis Gracious Orogot, of Uganda, competes during the men's 200-meter semifinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Spain's Carolina Marin serves a ball to Switzerland's Jenjira Stadelman during their women's singles badminton group stage match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Simone Biles of the United States chalks up during a gymnastics training session at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Turkey's Mete Gazoz shows an olympics tattoo on his arm during the Archery team elimination round against Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Simone Biles, of the United States, holds up her medals after the women's artistic gymnastics individual apparatus finals Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Sondre Guttormsen, of Norway, prepares to compete in the men's pole vault qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Nicholas Paul of Trinidad And Tobago competes during the men's sprint event, at the Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Alberto Gines Lopez of Spain competes in the men's boulder and lead, semi-final lead during the sport climbing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Le Bourget, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
Taiwan's Kao Cheng-Jui takes his racket ahead of a table tennis match against Sweden's Truls Moregard for a men's singles round of 16 at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Miyu Yamashita, of Japan, has tees in her hair as she walks along the 13th hole during the third round of the women's golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, at Le Golf National, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Robeilys Peinado, of Venezuela, chalks her hands as she bcompetes during the women's pole vault final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Poland's Piotr Kuczera and Chile's Thomas Briceno compete during their men's -100 kg elimination round match in the team judo competition, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Brazil's Carlos Parros and his horse Safira during the Equestrian Eventing Dressage competition, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Versailles, France. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Greece's Emmanouela Katzouraki competes in the skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Australia's Harriet Hudson competes in the women's double sculls rowing semifinal with teammate Amanda Bateman (not pictured) at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Grand Palais roof is reflected in a Bulgaria's Yoana Ilieva's sabre as she competes with Japan's Risa Takashima in the women's individual Sabre round of 32 competition during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Haylie Powell, of Australia, wearing the Olympic rings on her thumbnail, waxes her board during the women's skateboard street preliminaries at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Georgia-Mae Fenton, of Great Britain, competes on the balance beam during a women's artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Some tools are critical for performance, like the chalk on Venezuelan pole vaulter Robeilys Peinado's hands.
And some items are just decorative, like American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson's famous long nails.
The details differ, but the goal is the same — an Olympic medal. Or four, if you're American gymnast Simone Biles.
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Athletes from Trinidad and Tabago exchange a baton during the men's 4x400-meter relay heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Serbia's Nikola Jaksic and Japan's Taiyo Watanabe battle for the ball during the men's Water Polo Group B preliminary match between Serbia and Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Italy's Sara Curtis competes splashes before a women's 50-meter freestyle semifinal at the Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Taliyah Brooks, of the United States, competes during the women's heptathlon shot put at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Ivan Petkov Dimov of Bulgaria competes during the men's 61kg weightlifting event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Sha'carri Richardson of the United States, wins a heat in the women's 100-meter run at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Italy's Alberta Santuccio prepares for the women's individual Epee round of 32 competition against Singapore's Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Silja Kosonen, of Finland, competes in the women's hammer throw qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Johanna Estime watches the women's Group A field hockey match between France and China at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Colombes, France. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Paraguay's Giuliana Poletti reaches the ball during the women's pool D beach volleyball match between Canada and Paraguay at Eiffel Tower Stadium at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Lilia Vu, of the United States, places her ball on the tee on the 12th hole during the first round of the women's golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, at Le Golf National, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Tarsis Gracious Orogot, of Uganda, competes during the men's 200-meter semifinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Spain's Carolina Marin serves a ball to Switzerland's Jenjira Stadelman during their women's singles badminton group stage match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Simone Biles of the United States chalks up during a gymnastics training session at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Turkey's Mete Gazoz shows an olympics tattoo on his arm during the Archery team elimination round against Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Simone Biles, of the United States, holds up her medals after the women's artistic gymnastics individual apparatus finals Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Sondre Guttormsen, of Norway, prepares to compete in the men's pole vault qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Nicholas Paul of Trinidad And Tobago competes during the men's sprint event, at the Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Alberto Gines Lopez of Spain competes in the men's boulder and lead, semi-final lead during the sport climbing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Le Bourget, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
Taiwan's Kao Cheng-Jui takes his racket ahead of a table tennis match against Sweden's Truls Moregard for a men's singles round of 16 at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Miyu Yamashita, of Japan, has tees in her hair as she walks along the 13th hole during the third round of the women's golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, at Le Golf National, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Robeilys Peinado, of Venezuela, chalks her hands as she bcompetes during the women's pole vault final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Poland's Piotr Kuczera and Chile's Thomas Briceno compete during their men's -100 kg elimination round match in the team judo competition, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Brazil's Carlos Parros and his horse Safira during the Equestrian Eventing Dressage competition, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Versailles, France. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Greece's Emmanouela Katzouraki competes in the skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Australia's Harriet Hudson competes in the women's double sculls rowing semifinal with teammate Amanda Bateman (not pictured) at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Grand Palais roof is reflected in a Bulgaria's Yoana Ilieva's sabre as she competes with Japan's Risa Takashima in the women's individual Sabre round of 32 competition during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Haylie Powell, of Australia, wearing the Olympic rings on her thumbnail, waxes her board during the women's skateboard street preliminaries at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Georgia-Mae Fenton, of Great Britain, competes on the balance beam during a women's artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.
Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, is among the least controversial of Trump’s nominees and vote was decisive, 99-0. Another pick, John Ratcliffe for CIA director, is also expected to have a swift vote, as soon as Tuesday. Action on others, including former combat veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, is possible later in the week.
“Marco Rubio is a very intelligent man with a remarkable understanding of American foreign policy,” Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the senior-most Republican, said as the chamber opened.
It’s often tradition for the Senate to convene immediately after the ceremonial pomp of the inauguration to begin putting the new president’s team in place, particularly the national security officials. During Trump’s first term, the Senate swiftly confirmed his defense and homeland security secretaries on day one, and President Joe Biden’s choice for director of national intelligence was confirmed on his own Inauguration Day.
With Trump’s return to the White House, and his Republican Party controlling majorities in Congress, his outsider Cabinet choices are more clearly falling into place, despite initial skepticism and opposition from both sides of the aisle.
Rubio, who was surrounded by colleagues in the Senate chamber, said afterward he feels “good, but there’s a lot of work ahead.”
“It’s an important job in an important time, and I’m honored by it,” Rubio said.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune moved quickly Monday, announcing he expected voting to begin “imminently” on Trump’s nominees.
Democrats have calculated it's better for them to be seen as more willing to work with Trump, rather than simply mounting a blockade to his nominees. They're holding their opposition for some of his other picks who have less support, including Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said his party will “neither rubber-stamp nominees we feel are grossly unqualified, nor oppose nominees that deserve serious consideration.”
Rubio, he said, is an example of "a qualified nominee we think should be confirmed quickly."
Senate committees have been holding lengthy confirmation hearings on more than a dozen of the Cabinet nominees, with more to come this week. And several panels are expected to meet late Monday to begin voting to advance the nominees to the full Senate for confirmation.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously advanced Rubio's nomination late Monday. The Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Intelligence Committee, respectively, voted to move the nominations of Hegseth and Ratcliffe. And the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee advanced nominees Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary and Russell Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget, but with opposition.
Rubio, a well-liked senator and former Trump rival during the 2016 presidential race, has drawn closer to the president in recent years. He appeared last week to answer questions before the Foreign Relations Committee, where he has spent more than a decade as a member.
As secretary of state, Rubio would be the nation’s top diplomat, and the first Latino to hold the position. Born in Miami to Cuban immigrants, he has long been involved in foreign affairs, particularly in South America, and has emerged as a hawk on China’s rise.
During his confirmation hearing last week, Rubio warned of the consequences of America’s “unbalanced relationship” with China. While he echoes Trump’s anti-globalist rhetoric, Rubio is also seen as an internationalist who understands the power of U.S. involvement on the global stage.
Rubio cultivated bipartisan support from across the aisle, both Republicans and Democrats. He takes over for outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who has said he hopes the Trump administration continues Biden's policies in the Middle East to end the war in Gaza and to help Ukraine counter Russian nomination.
The Senate is split 53-47, but the resignation of Vice President JD Vance and, soon, Rubio drops the GOP majority further until their successors arrive. Republicans need almost all every party member in line to overcome Democratic opposition to nominees.
Objection from any one senator, as is expected with Hegseth and several other choices, would force the Senate into procedural steps that would drag voting later into the week.
Associated Press writers Farnoush Amiri and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.
President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, other nominees and appointments, pose for a photo at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. First row from left, Elise Stefanik, John Ratcliffe, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Howard Lutnick, Pete Hegseth, Doug Burgum, Brooke L. Rollins, Marco Rubio and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; second row from left, Scott Turner, Tulsi Gabbard, Sean Duffy, Linda McMahon, Lee Zeldin, Kristi Noem, Chris Wright, Doug Collins, Kelly Loeffler and Scott Bessent; and third row from left, Stephen Miran, Jamieson Greer, Kevin Hassett, Kash Patel and Russell Vought. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a nominee for Secretary of State, attends the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)