Swimming star Kosuke Hagino loses mojo, sparking Olympic fears
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 ...
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 ...
Swimming star Rikako Ikee says battle against leukemia 'harder than I thought'
Swimming sensation Rikako Ikee said Wednesday her battle against leukemia has been more difficult than she imagined. Three weeks after announcing she had been diagnosed with the disease, the 18-year-old, who ...
Rikako Ikee expresses gratitude for outpouring of support after leukemia diagnosis
Swimming sensation Rikako Ikee expressed gratitude on Wednesday for the messages of encouragement she received following her announcement that she has been diagnosed with leukemia. "Thank you for the many messages since yesterday," the 18-year-old Tokyo Olympic gold medal hopeful said on Twitter, a day ...
Words of support pour in for swimmer Rikako Ikee after leukemia diagnosis
Words of encouragement poured in for swimming star Rikako Ikee on Tuesday after she revealed she had been diagnosed with leukemia. Ikee, an 18-year-old Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medal hopeful who became the first female athlete to be named MVP at the 2018 Asian Games, ...
Star Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee announces leukemia diagnosis
Japanese swim queen Rikako Ikee, the poster girl for next year's Tokyo Olympics, has been diagnosed with leukemia, the 18-year-old tweeted on Tuesday. According to Masaaki Yoshida, a vice chairman with her corporate sponsor Rennaisance, Ikee is now hospitalized and doctors believe they have discovered ...
Rikako Ikee honored as Japan's swimmer of the year
The Japan Swimming Federation hosted the annual Aquatics Awards on Monday evening in Tokyo, celebrating achievements by its elite athletes in 2018. Asian Games MVP Rikako Ikee, who had already been named the swimmer of the year after the conclusion of the 2018 season, did ...
Olympic champ Nathan Adrian targets Tokyo 2020 despite cancer diagnosis
Five-time Olympic champion swimmer Nathan Adrian said Thursday he has testicular cancer but is confident of recovery and wants to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Adrian, who won gold in the 100-meter freestyle at London 2012, has four additional Olympic gold medals as a ...
Olympic star Missy Franklin retires due to chronic shoulder pain
Five-time Olympic champion Missy Franklin is retiring from swimming at age 23, citing chronic shoulder pain that has affected her for the last 2½ years. She announced her plans Wednesday in a letter posted on ESPN.com . Franklin's spokeswoman said the swimmer is with her ...
Yasuhiro Koseki finishes fourth in 200-meter breaststroke at short course world championships
Yasuhiro Koseki missed the podium and finished fourth in the men's 200-meter breaststroke on Thursday, the third day of the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships. Koseki sat in second after the first four laps of the 25-meter pool, but fell back in the final ...
Yasuhiro Koseki set a new national record Wednesday as he took bronze in the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships. The 26-year-old Koseki touched in a time of 56.13 seconds, 0.03 seconds behind silver medalist Ilya Shymanovich of Belarus. South ...
Daiya Seto breaks 200-meter butterfly short-course record to stun Chad Le Clos
Daiya Seto smashed Chad le Clos' short-course record in the men's 200-meter butterfly as he grabbed gold at the world championships to stun the South African on Tuesday. The 24-year-old Seto pipped his more famous rival by only 0.08 second to make a piece of ...
