April 5, 2021
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31-year-old Ryosuke Irie will be gunning for his third Olympic Games squad, taking on the 100m back tonight at the Japanese Olympic Trials.
April 5, 2021
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Olympic medalist Daiya Seto took out the first 50 meters of the 200 fly in 25.50, .32 ahead of Honda. But, the 19-year-old ended up out touching Seto by .01.
April 5, 2021
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Seeking a third event for his Olympic Games program, Daiya Seto produced a strong prelim swim in the 200 butterfly at the Japanese Trials.
Feb. 13, 2021
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Adam Peaty went 26.75 in the 50br to win by more than a second and Abbie Wood took the 200fr at the Manchester International Swim Meet.
Jan. 22, 2021
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Katsuhiro Matsumoto Breaks Japanese Record in 200 Free With 1:45 to Open Kitajima Cup The Kitajima Cup opened competition Friday night in Tokyo at the Tatsumi International Swimming Center (home of the 2018 Pan Pacs) with some of Japan’s best on display in the three day meet. Worlds silver medalist Katsuhiro Matsumoto impressed with a national record in the 200 freestyle with a 1:45.13, lowering his own record of 1:45.22 from the 2019 Worlds. Matsumoto won comfortably ahead of Mano Hidenari (1:48.97). Matsumoto is coming off the ISL where he had the fourth fastest time in the league ...
Jan. 22, 2021
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The 2021 Kosuke Kitajima Cup kicks off a packed season of domestic racing within Japan, as the top talent to the tune of Kosuke Hagino , Katsuhiro Matsumoto, Suzuka Hasegawa , Ryosuke Irie , Shoma Sato gear up for a home-based Olympic Games. Rikako Ikee is also making her 2021 calendar year debut at this Kosuke Kitajima Cup in Tokyo after bypassing her originally-planned first competition of the New Year’s Meet due to coronavirus concerns. She’ll be in the water tomorrow. On day 1 of this 3-day affair, we reported how Matsumoto wasted no time making his presence known in the men’s 20 ...
Jan. 30, 2020
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On-fire Daiya Seto will have extra incentive to give it his all at next month's Konami Open, seeing how a quarter of a million dollars is up for grabs.
Jan. 24, 2020
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Japanese swimmers continue to make a statement already in 2020, tonight with Katsuhiro Matsumoto ripping a 1:45.82 meet record 200m freestyle.
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Aug. 22, 2018
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China’s Li Bingjie won her first title of the weekend in the 200 free with a 1:56.74 on Wednesday night in Jakarta. Li went 1-2 with teammate Yang Junxuan who got the silver ...