Swimming

Teenage swimming star Rikako Ikee has resumed light exercise while she continues to battle leukemia, her coach said Saturday. The 18-year-old Ikee, who revealed her diagnosis in February, has started training on a stationary bike that she brought to her hospital room about three weeks ...

Star Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee announced the opening of her official website on Wednesday, providing one of the most substantial updates to her status since she was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year. In a message to fans published in English and Japanese, the 2018 ...

Daiya Seto claimed his third title of the national swimming championships Monday with victory in the men's 400-meter individual medley. On the final day of the week-long competition at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Seto touched the wall in a time of 4 minutes, 9.98 ...

Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee, who has put her athletic career on hold to undergo treatment for leukemia, has enrolled at Nihon University's College of Sports Sciences, her management company said Monday. Ikee has joined the swimming club at the university in Tokyo, but skipped ...

Shinri Shioura set a Japanese record in the men's 50-meter freestyle on Sunday, the sixth day of the national championships. Shioura touched the wall in 21.67 seconds in his semifinal at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, trimming 0.2 off the record set last year by ...

Kengo Ida set a national record in the men's 50-meter butterfly on Tuesday, the opening day of the Japan Swimming Championships. Ida clocked 23.27 seconds to defend his title in the final over the non-Olympic distance at Tatsumi International Swimming Center. He trimmed 0.13 seconds ...

Hiromasa Fujimori, who placed fourth in the men's 200-meter individual medley at the Rio Olympics, has tested positive for a prohibited substance, a source familiar with the matter said Friday. According to the source, the athlete's "A" sample came back positive at the Short Course ...

Olympic swim champion Kosuke Hagino said Friday he has pulled out of next month's Japan national championships, blaming a lack of hunger and triggering concerns about his appetite for the 2020 Tokyo Games. The 24-year-old was Japan's best hope for a swimming gold medal next ...

Swimming star Rikako Ikee said Wednesday she will not give up on competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics despite being diagnosed with leukemia a month ago. A day after local organizers marked 500 days until the start of the games, Ikee shared her resolution on ...