• (From left) Akira Namba, Shinri Shioura, Katsuhiro Matsumoto and Katsumi Nakamura pose after their 4x100 men's freestyle relay heat at the swimming world championships on Sunday in Gwangju, South Korea. Their ninth-place finish earned Japan a berth in the event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. | KYODO
    (From left) Akira Namba, Shinri Shioura, Katsuhiro Matsumoto and Katsumi Nakamura pose after their 4x100 men's freestyle relay heat at the swimming world championships on Sunday in Gwangju, South Korea. Their ninth-place finish earned Japan a berth in the event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. | KYODO

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GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA – The Japanese men’s and women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay teams each secured 2020 Olympic berths at the swimming world championships on Sunday.

Japan finished ninth and fifth in the respective men’s and women’s 4×100 qualifier in Gwangju, South Korea to earn one of the Tokyo 2020 spots granted to the top 12 teams.

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