Kirara Cup Day 2: 17-Yr-Old Nagisa Ikemoto Is JPN’s 5th Fastest 200 Freestyler
Lately, everyone in Japan has been stepping up their swimming game, with the latest being 17-year-old Nagisa Ikemoto in the women’s 200m freestyle.
Lots O’ Cash On Offer As We Rank Top 3 Japanese Records Most Likely To Fall
As with the upcoming Konami Open, the Japanese Olympic Trials will also be offering cash prizes for broken records. But, which ones are likely to go down?
Teen Miyu Namba Takes Women’s 800 Free To Start Off Kirara Cup
17-year-old Miyu Namba clocked the fastest 800 free time to take gold on day 1 of the 2020 Kirara Cup in Yamaguchi, Japan.
2020 Kirara Cup Continues Japanese Pre-Trials Racing
Yasuhiro Koseki is among those Japanese competitors expected to race this weekend at the annual Kirara Cup, taking extra Coronavirus precautions.
Head of Tokyo Olympic Committee Remains Worried about Coronavirus
The Chief Executive of the 2020 Tokyo games says that he is concerned about the impact of the outbreak but does not plan to cancel.
Heavy Lies The Crown Part 2: Men With OLY Qualifying Times
Lithuanian swimming ace Danas Rapsys appears multiple times on the men’s world rankings, taking into account only those performances that qualify for Tokyo.
Xu Jiayu Donates FINA Champions Series Prize Money To Coronavirus Relief
Chinese world champ Xu Jiayu has donated about $10,000 of prize money he won on the FINA Champions Series to hospitals fighting the coronavirus outbreak.
Beyond The Lane Lines: Millfield Swimmer Honors Aussie Roots
Catch up on the swimming-related news round-up from around the world in this week’s edition of our series Beyond the Lane Lines.
CHINADA Temporarily Suspends Testing in Wake of Coronavirus Epidemic
According to France’s AP news wire, CHINADA has decided to “temporarily” suspend its activities because of the coronavirus epidemic.
Kansas City Chiefs Win First Super Bowl in 50 Years: a Swimming Retrospective
On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs won their first Super Bowl in 50 years. We use that as a measuring stick to mark the passage of time in our own sport of…
Japanese Breaststroking Ace Koseki Modeling Gym Training After Peaty
Japanese national record holder Yasuhiro Koseki is taking a page from Adam Peaty’s playbook when it comes to getting it done in the gym.
Coronavirus Causes Cancellation of FINA Diving World Series Stop in China
The 2nd stop of the FINA Diving World Series, which was scheduled for early March, has been cancelled over coronavirus concerns.
Olympic Update: 2020 Village Nearing Completion, Coronavirus Raises Concerns
Amid health concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Japan is bracing for a possible deadly contagion.
Heavy Lies The Crown Part 1: Women With OLY Qualifying Times
One month into the Summer Olympic year, let’s examine who is ‘the hunted’ by listing women having clocked OLY-qualifying times thus far.
$275,000 USD Offered For World Record Broken At Upcoming Konami Open
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.