2016 Japan Open: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
Cameron McEvoy and James Magnussen will both compete in the 50 freestyle on the final day of the Japan Open.
Cate Campbell Ties 5th Fastest All-Time 100 Free At Japan Open
Cate Campbell tied the 5th fastest performance in history in the women’s 100 free final at the Japan Open, and now owns five of the ten fastest performances ever.
2016 Japan Open: Cate Campbell, Hagino Impress At Day 2 Finals
Cate Campbell tied her world leading 52.38 in the 100 freestyle on day 2 of the Japan Open.
15 Year-Old Penny Oleksiak Breaks 50m Fly Junior World Record
Penny Oleksiak breaks the 50m Fly Junior World Record with her first place touch in prelims at the Arena Pro swim Series in Charlotte.
Despite Tough Standards, Japan Assembles Its 2nd-Largest Olympic Squad
Despite tough Japanese Olympic-qualifying standards that sometimes stood quicker than the country’s own record in the event, the Japanese are bringing its 2nd-largest swimming squad ever to an Olympics.
Hagino, Kaneto Make Big-Time Statements On Day 6 Finals Of JPN Trials
If Kosuke Hagino dropped the hammer earlier in the meet with his 1:45.50 200 free victory, he unloaded an entire arsenal in clinching the new Japanese National Record in the 200 IM (1:55.07).
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 6 Prelims Live Recap
We didn’t see any 100m freestyle Olympic qualifiers yesterday, but we’ll see if anyone can meet the stiff Japanese standards in the splash n’ dash today.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 5 Finals Live Recap: Hagino Drops The Hammer
Bold, statement-making swim from 21-year-old Kosuke Hagino. 1:55.98 in the men’s 200 IM to score the #1 time in the world.
2 Japanese Sprint Freestyle Records Broken, Yet No Olympic Qualifiers
Despite seeing 2 National Records fall during tonight’s finals, the nation of Japan is without male and female 100m freestyle representation in Rio at this point.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 4 Finals Recap: Major 200 IM Shake-ups
Teenager Runa Imai picked the right time to explode, clocking the 2nd-swiftest women’s 200m IM time tonight and punching her ticket to Rio.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 4 Prelims Live Recap
31-year-old Takeshi Matsuda earned bronze in the men’s 200m butterfly in both Beijing and London. He’ll be swimming in the prelims of the event in Tokyo this morning.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2 Finals Recap
15-year-old Rikako Ikee already scored a new National Record during semi-finals of the women’s 100m butterfly and followed that up with a big meet title-winning swim. Kosuke Kitajima, meanwhile, qualified for his 5th Olympic Games.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2 Prelims Live Recap
We’ll get our first glimpse of Ryosuke Irie as he takes on the 100 backstroke field on day 2 of the Japanese Olympic Trials.
15-Jährige Japanerin Rikako Ikee in 57,55 über die 100 m Schmetterling
Bei der Olympiaqualifikation der Schwimmer in Tokio, hat die erst 15-jährige Rikako Ikee ihren eigenen japanischen Rekord über die 100…
On-Fire 15-Year-Old Rikako Ikee Lowers Own 100 Fly Japanese NR
15-year-old Japanese sprinter Rikako Ikee is simply a girl on fire.