Yasuhiro Koseki and Ippei Watanabe won silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the world championships on Friday. The 25-year-old Koseki touched the wall in 2 minutes, 7.29 seconds, finishing 0.33 seconds behind Russia's Anton Chupkov who won with a meet record. Watanabe, ...

Four-time Olympic medalist Kosuke Hagino took silver in the 200-meter individual medley on Thursday, with Rio Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto placing fifth in the same race at the world championships. By touching the wall 0.45 second behind American Chase Kalisz, who posted a ...

Two-time world champion and Rio Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto claimed a medal at a third straight world swimming championships on Wednesday, taking bronze in the 200-meter butterfly. The 23-year-old finished 0.88 seconds behind South Africa's Chad le Clos, who won gold in 1 minute, ...

Ryosuke Irie missed out on a medal Tuesday as he finished fourth in the men's 100-meter backstroke at the world swimming championships. Irie touched the wall at the Danube Arena in 53.03 seconds, finishing 0.59 seconds behind gold medal winner Xu Jiayu of China. Americans ...

Yui Ohashi earned Japan's first medal at the FINA World Championships on Monday when she claimed silver in the women's 200-meter individual medley. While placing 0.91 seconds behind Rio Olympic triple gold medalist Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, the 21-year-old debutante shaved 0.54 second off the ...

Swimming's world governing body FINA voted to rename synchronized swimming as "artistic" in an effort to boost the sport's popularity on Saturday in Budapest. "The reality is we are living in a sports business environment and we should find the best way to promote our ...

Japan secured its second medal of the world swimming championships with a synchronized swimming bronze in the free routine combination on Saturday. China took the gold with 96.1000 points, while Ukraine (94.0000) was runner-up and Japan was third with 93.2000. Despite their second bronze, Japan's ...

Michael Phelps' eagerly anticipated race against a great white shark will keep the USA's swimmers glued to their television screens at the FINA World Aquatic Championships on Sunday, Katie Ledecky has revealed. Phelps, 32, nicknamed GOAT — "greatest of all time" — is the most ...

Japan won the bronze medal in the women's technical routine team competition at the world swimming championships for the second time in a row on Tuesday, securing the country's first podium finish at the ongoing meet in Budapest. Yukiko Inui, Mai Nakamura, Kanami Nakamaki, Sakiko ...

Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino continued his preparations for the upcoming world swimming championships in Hungary with a dominant win in the men's 400 meters individual medley at the French Open on Saturday. Hagino powered home in a time of 4 minutes, 13.73 seconds to easily ...