Met Gala: Sports icons dazzle red carpet
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![U.S. tennis star Sloane Stephens attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/15/USAT/7c643e14-5a88-48cc-9cc2-311744ecba00-GTY_1340165949.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
U.S. tennis star Sloane Stephens attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City.
Theo Wargo, Getty Images![Simone Biles](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/0d90f0d8-91ac-4c0d-9262-2188bee2ebb2-GTY_1340145875.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Simone Biles
Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images For The Met Museum/![Allyson Felix attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/3728a0e9-3ce1-4acb-800b-c175b1eeb6d9-GTY_1340170326.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Allyson Felix attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City.
Mike Coppola, Getty Images![Gymnast Nia Dennis performs before walking the red carpet at the 2021 Met Gala.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/903e4642-c4f5-4ba0-9a8f-8199883b937c-GTY_1340121283.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Gymnast Nia Dennis performs before walking the red carpet at the 2021 Met Gala.
John Shearer, WireImage![Nia Dennis](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/bc4dfa5a-af7c-48d3-8850-f6015df88166-GTY_1340126970.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Nia Dennis
Mike Coppola, Getty Images![Megan Rapinoe](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/7c1df25e-e38e-4777-842b-68dffba0c142-GTY_1340136931.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Megan Rapinoe
Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic![Naomi Osaka](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/e9afc6e7-745e-44c0-8afb-4b00d11ce5af-AP_2021_MET_Museum_Costume_Institute_Benefit_Gala_1.jpg?width=501&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Naomi Osaka
Evan Agostini, Invision![Naomi Osaka arrives for the 2021 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/b1a947ec-6b14-49ac-94ef-5399c827dec8-AFP_AFP_9MT4PH.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Naomi Osaka arrives for the 2021 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021.
EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ, AFP Via Getty Images![Serena Williams](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/d28ad952-cf99-454e-8201-cf71a2d19ec1-GTY_1340130336.jpg?width=660&height=528&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Serena Williams
Theo Wargo, Getty Images![Ayesha Curry and Stephen Curry](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/4f5930c8-b54e-4f03-99af-5c58ff9cf8ba-GTY_1340135462.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Ayesha Curry and Stephen Curry
Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images For The Met Museum![Russell Westbrook](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/148b8acd-1e66-4132-a440-148127c1e284-AP_2021_MET_Museum_Costume_Institute_Benefit_Gala.jpg?width=660&height=467&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Russell Westbrook
Evan Agostini, Invision![Ciara attends The 2021 Met Gala wearing Russell Wilson inspired gown and Super Bowl ring](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/3942bfe2-699d-46cc-94e8-b192609d53b5-GTY_1340141691.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Ciara attends The 2021 Met Gala wearing Russell Wilson inspired gown and Super Bowl ring
Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images For The Met Museum/![Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/5d8b4ae9-09ea-4f53-b909-60e80d9b5d42-AFP_AFP_9MT3MD.jpg?width=389&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez
ANGELA WEISS, AFP Via Getty Images![Venus Williams](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/1bd7058e-9943-42f0-8d17-e3b8544f0770-GTY_1340148408.jpg?width=529&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Venus Williams
Theo Wargo, Getty Images![Natalia Bryant departs The Mark Hotel for the 2021 Met Gala on September 13, 2021 in New York City.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/4a5a28fc-089e-45ad-bc4c-8af140154b71-GTY_1340167318.jpg?width=660&height=497&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Natalia Bryant departs The Mark Hotel for the 2021 Met Gala on September 13, 2021 in New York City.
Ilya S. Savenok, Getty Images![Natalia Bryant attends the 2021 Met Gala benefit "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/e80b9b7d-847e-4f91-9c77-12546c8929e6-GTY_1340182402.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Natalia Bryant attends the 2021 Met Gala benefit "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City.
Taylor Hill, WireImage![Emma Raducanu attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/14/USAT/ff3c8a88-2557-4db1-b8ca-2d00728e2266-GTY_1340175942.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Emma Raducanu attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021.
Theo Wargo, Getty Images![U.S. Olympic sprinter Noah Lyles attends The 2021 Met Gala.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/09/15/USAT/d6c3baee-e212-46d8-8b61-33cf7a6c22aa-GTY_1340179636.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
U.S. Olympic sprinter Noah Lyles attends The 2021 Met Gala.
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