Ippei Watanabe makes statement with gold at Pan Pacs
Despite having set a world record, Ippei Watanabe has sort of been overlooked because of the struggles he's had after the achievement. But Watanabe put together a resilient performance in the men's 200-meter breaststroke on Sunday, winning with a time of 2 minutes 7.75 seconds ...
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, ...
Ikee claims record five titles at national swimming championships
Sixteen-year-old Rikako Ikee became the first woman to win five titles at the national swimming championships after sweeping the 50-meter freestyle and the 100 butterfly Sunday. On the final day of the four-day meet, Ikee won the 50 free in 24.57 seconds before taking the ...
Masato Sakai held off fellow Rio Olympic medalist Daiya Seto to win the men's 200-meter butterfly at the Asian swimming championships on Saturday. Sakai, who won silver in the event in Rio this summer, touched the wall in 1 minute, 54.53 seconds ahead of Seto ...
Sixteen-year-old Rio Olympian Rikako Ikee won the women's 50-meter butterfly and 50m freestyle on Friday at the Asian swimming championships. Ikee held on to her lead in the butterfly and touched the wall in 25.74 seconds, while she came from behind in the following race ...
Kosuke Kitajima kept alive his hopes for a fifth Olympic appearance by a hair, squeezing into the men's 200-meter breaststroke final at the national championships on Thursday. Kitajima finished third overall in the semifinal heats with a 2 minute, 10.16 seconds to finish behind Ippei ...
