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Pan Pacs Champ Yasuhiro Koseki Drops Out Of 200 Breast

Two-time Olympic finalist from Rio, Yasuhiro Koseki, dropped out of the men’s 200 breaststroke this morning at Japan’s Olympic Trials.

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Japan Trials Prelims: Shogo Takeda Stares Down 800 Free National Record

Takeda, who is ranked 5th globally in the 800 free this season, won prelims with a time of 7:53. 04. He came within 3.5 seconds of the National Record.

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Daiya Seto: “I’m Aiming For Phelps’ 400 IM World Record”

With one eye on the 2fly, Daiya Seto is also gunning for American Olympic icon Michael Phelps’ world record in the men’s 400m IM come July.

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17-Year-Old Yanagimoto Qualifies For Japan’s Olympic Squad

17-year-old Konosuke Yanagimoto raced in the men’s 200m freestyle tonight, snagging the silver in a time of 1:47.45 to make his first Olympic relay squad.

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Matsumoto Rocks 1:44.65 Japanese Record In 200 Freestyle

World Championships silver medalist Katsuo Matsumoto just joined an exclusive club, hitting a sub-1:45 time in the men’s 200m freestyle tonight in Tokyo.

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Japan’s Olympic Roster Hits 15 After 3 Days Of Tokyo Trials

Kanako Watanabe added her name to the Japanese Olympic roster for a home-based Games, qualifying in the women’s 100m breaststroke event.

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Six Men Hit 1:56.3 Or Faster In 200 Fly Semi-Final At Japanese OLY Trials

Daiya Seto easily made it into tomorrow night’s 200 fly final at Japan’s Olympic Trials, but a stacked field led by Tomoru Honda awaits.

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2021 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 3 Finals Live Recap

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.

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Olympic Silver Medalist Masato Sakai Misses 200 Fly Semi At Trials

Another Olympic medalist from the 2016 Olympics will not be back to defend his podium position as Japan’s Masato Sakai missed advancing in the men’s 200m fly.

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Tomoru Honda Out Touches Seto by .01 in 200 Fly Prelims at Japanese Trials

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.

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North and South Korea Officially Launch Joint Bid to Host the 2032 Olympics

Seoul, South Korea has notified the International Olympic Committee of its bid to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games with Pyongyang, North Korea.

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All The Links You Need For OLY Qualifying Meets For Week Of April 5th

Get your coffee brewing now to help you keep up with all of the intense international racing action taking place this upcoming week.

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2021 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2: Roster Snags 2 400 Free Qualifiers

Find out who was added to Japan’s roster for a home-based Olympic Games as day 2 of the nation’s Trials wrapped up from Tokyo tonight.

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Watch Rikako Ikee’s Olympic-Qualifying 100 Fly & Emotional Interview

Re-live Rikako Ikee’s Olympic-qualifying 100m butterfly race, then hear the leukemia survivor’s emotional post-race interview.

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2021 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2 Live Recap

World Championships silver medalist Katsuo Matsumoto will try to conquer the 200m free podium while qualifying for the Olympic Games.

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