The bronze age arrived for Japanese swimming on Monday as Ryosuke Irie, Aya Terakawa and Satomi Suzuki all took third in their respective events at the London Olympics.
It was the first Olympic medal for the three swimmers.
Irie took home his bronze in the men's 100-meter backstroke in 52.97 seconds while Terakawa, 27, became the oldest Japanese female swimmer to medal at the Summer Games with an Asian record 58.83 in the women's 100 backstroke.