Teenage sensation Rikako Ikee slashed 0.24 second from her national record in the women's 100-meter freestyle on Sunday at the Kosuke Kitajima Cup. The 18-year-old Ikee clocked 52.79 seconds on the final day of the two-day meet at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. She set the previous record at April's national ...
Junya Koga has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over his four-year ban for failed drug ...
Swim star Rikako Ikee's prospective school engulfed in new scandal
Nihon University, whose sports program has been mired in controversy and questions about accountability this year stemming from violence within ...
Rio Olympic relay swimmer and 2009 world champion Junya Koga is set to be issued a four-year ban by a FINA doping panel for violating anti-doping rules, sources said late Monday evening. Should the sport's ruling body announce the decision, the 31-year-old Koga, who said ...
Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee vowed Sunday she will continue to excel on the global stage after winning more medals, six gold and eight total, than any other athlete during the multisport event in Indonesia. Ikee was named the Asian Games' MVP after she became ...
Singapore's Joseph Schooling pleased with Indonesian experience
Joseph Schooling and his Singapore team came up short of the podium, finishing fourth in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay, which wrapped up the six-day swimming competition at the Asian Games. But the 23-year-old butterfly specialist was happy with his second Asiad experience in Jakarta. "I ...
Breaststroke specialist Satomi Suzuki gains confidence, renewed focus in pool
This summer, veteran swimmer Satomi Suzuki sent a strong message to Japanese fans, reminding them that she can still compete at the highest level. At the ongoing Asian Games, many supporters perhaps have their eyes on younger prospects with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics less two ...
Golden girl Rikako Ikee stormed to a record sixth Asian Games swimming title on Friday, marking a few other firsts for good measure. Ikee won the 50-meter freestyle final by a fingertip ahead of China's Liu Xiang, clocking 24.53 seconds to become the first woman ...
Rikako Ikee created a slice of history while Singapore's Olympic swim champion Joseph Schooling edged a nail-biter in the 50-meter butterfly at the Asian Games on Thursday. The irrepressible Ikee propelled Japan to victory in the women's 4x100 medley relay to equal countrywoman Yoshimi Nishigawa's ...
Ryosuke Irie claims silver in men's 200 back; Satomi Suzuki, Shinri Shioura win events
Ryosuke Irie lost his bid for a fourth straight gold medal in the Asian Games men's 200-meter backstroke on Thursday, but teammates Satomi Suzuki and Shinri Shioura both grabbed gold in their events. Irie, the three-time defending champ, won a silver medal but was in ...
Reigning world silver medalist Yasuhiro Koseki and Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto each collected their second gold medals on Wednesday as Japan won four events on the fourth day of Asian Games swimming. Koseki, who won silver in the 200 breaststroke at the 2017 worlds, ...
Yasuhiro Koseki wins 100 to complete breastroke double at Asian Games
Yasuhiro Koseki shook off a slow morning heat to win the men's 100-meter breaststroke gold from Lane 1 at the Asian Games on Wednesday. The 26-year-old, who won in 58.86 seconds, completed a 100-200 breaststroke double in Jakarta. With the 50 coming up Friday, Koseki ...
Rikako Ikee's quest for Asian Games perfection ends with silver finish in 4x200 relay
Rikako Ikee's quest for a perfect Asian Games slipped away Tuesday, when the women's 4x200-meter freestyle team swam to silver, a disappointing result after she had earlier kept her streak alive with her fourth gold in four events. She won the women's 100-meter butterfly, her ...
Japan's 2020 Tokyo Olympics medal hopeful Rikako Ikee picked up her second and third gold medals of the 2018 Asian Games on Monday, winning the women's 50-meter butterfly and 100 freestyle. The 18-year-old Ikee, who led Japan's women to a win in the 4x100 freestyle ...
Daiya Seto defended his 200-meter butterfly title at the Asian Games on Sunday. Seto, the reigning world bronze medalist in the event who claimed gold at the Asian Games in Incheon in 2014, touched in 1 minute, 54.53 seconds in the final at GBK Aquatic ...
