Former swimming world champion Junya Koga has been kicked out of the Japan squad for this summer's Asian Games after failing a drug test, officials said Wednesday. The 30-year-old, who won the 100-meter backstroke world title in 2009, tested positive for traces of banned muscle-building substances, according to the Japan Swimming ...
Katie Ledecky obliterates own 1,500-meter freestyle world record in first pro event
Katie Ledecky looked as dominant as ever in her pro debut. She set another world record in the women's 1,500-meter freestyle ...
Retirement was once an option for Ryosuke Irie. Now he's happy that he stayed in the pool, training in a completely ...
Rikako Ikee leading Japan's swimming charge toward 2020 Tokyo Olympics
With the Summer Olympics coming to Japan in two years' time, some athletes are close to being ready for it and some still need a little more time to get into top shape. The Japan Swimming Championships, which wrapped up on Sunday, identified some of ...
Kosuke Hagino and Rikako Ikee head Japan roster for swimming double bill
Ace Kosuke Hagino and teenage phenom Rikako Ikee were named to the provisional Japanese national team rosters for this summer's Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo and Asian Games in Jakarta, the Japan Swimming Federation announced on Monday. The country's governing body for the sport has ...
Rikako Ikee sets two more records on final day of national swimming championships
Rikako Ikee set a pair of Japan records and Yui Ohashi set another on Sunday as the national swimming championships came to a close. Ikee broke the women's 100-meter freestyle mark she established the day before in qualifying at Tokyo's Tatsumi International Swimming Center. Ikee ...
Rikako Ikee rewrites national record in women's 50-meter freestyle
Rikako Ikee slashed 0.12 second off her national record in the women's 50-meter freestyle on Friday, the fourth day of the Japan Swimming Championships. The 17-year-old clocked 24.21 seconds to win the 50-meter title for the third straight year, adding to the 100-meter butterfly championship ...
Rikako Ikee, Kengo Ida set records at national championships
Rikako Ikee rewrote her national 100-meter butterfly record for the second straight day on Wednesday, the second day of the Japan Swimming Championships. Ikee booked her spot on Japan's team for this summer's Asian Games in Jakarta and for August's Pan Pacific swimming championships by ...
Satomi Suzuki, Rikako Ikee set records at national championships
Satomi Suzuki and Rikako Ikee set national records Tuesday in the women's 50-meter breaststroke and 100-meter butterfly, respectively, on the opening day of the Japan Swimming Championships. Suzuki clocked 30.64 seconds in a qualifying race over the non-Olympic distance at Tatsumi International Swimming Center, slashing ...
The first doping violation in a domestic Japanese swimming competition has been confirmed, an official source said Sunday. The swimmer was tested at an intercollegiate competition in Osaka Prefecture in September. The Japan Anti-Doping Agency will decide on a punishment in the coming days following ...
Rikako Ikee establishes another national record at Swim Cup Lausanne
Rikako Ikee set another national record at the Swim Cup Lausanne, finishing second in the women's 50-meter freestyle on Thursday night. Ikee clocked 23.95 seconds to finish between Dutch winner Ranomi Kromowidjojo and third-place Canadian Taylor Ruck at the two-day short course meet. Earlier in the ...
Yui Ohashi and Rikako Ikee set national records at short course meet
Yui Ohashi and Rikako Ikee set national records while winning the women's 400-meter individual medley and women's 50-meter butterfly, respectively, at the Swim Cup Lausanne on Wednesday. On the opening day of the two-day short course swimming meet at the 25-meter Mon Repos swimming pool, ...
Storied synchronized swimming coach Masako Kaneko chosen for IOC award
Masako Kaneko, who trained Olympic synchronized swimming medalists such as 1988 Seoul Games double bronze winner Mikako Kotani, has been chosen as recipient of the International Olympic Committee's inaugural Coaches Lifetime Achievement Awards, a source close to the matter said Tuesday. Kaneko, 73, long headed ...
Four-time Olympic medalist Kosuke Hagino said Sunday he will do rehab training for a month in Arizona this fall as he sets his sights on making a full comeback from last year's elbow surgery. In a bid to return to top form after surgery cut ...
Caeleb Dressel knows the comparisons are coming. After pulling off an unprecedented triple crown at swimming's world championships, it's time to take on the legacy of Michael Phelps. The 20-year-old Dressel established himself as America's newest star in the pool Saturday, becoming the first swimmer to ...
