Rio Olympic champion Rie Kaneto won the women's 200 meters breaststroke on the final day of a short-course World Cup meet in Berlin on Wednesday. Kaneto rewrote her Japanese short-course record to win in 2 minutes, 16.27 seconds ahead of Russia's Yuliya Efimova and American ...
Rie Kaneto, Japan's Rio Games gold medalist in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, won that event at a short-course World Cup meet on Saturday. Swimming on the final day of the season-opening meet, Kaneto won the final in 2 minutes, 16.99 seconds. The time was 0.26 ...
Kaneto places fourth in 100-meter breaststroke final in World Cup meet
Rio Olympic women's 200-meter breaststroke gold medalist Rie Kaneto missed a place on the podium when she finished fourth in the 100 breast final on the first day of a short-course World Cup meet on Friday. Kaneto set a short-course personal-best time of 1 minute, ...
Kaneto victorious in 200-meter breaststroke; Phelps beats Hagino for 22nd gold
Rie Kaneto won gold in the women's 200-meter breaststroke but failed in her mission to break the world record at the Rio Olympics on Thursday night. Kosuke Hagino, meanwhile, took silver behind the imperious Michael Phelps in the men's 200 individual medley to add to ...
Kaneto, Ikee offer stark contrasts in pursuit of Rio glory
Comeback queen Rie Kaneto is gearing up for an assault on the 200-meter breaststroke world record at this summer's Rio Olympics, but admits she could just as easily have been watching the race on TV instead. Kaneto qualified for the 200 breast in Rio with ...
Hagino shatters own 200 IM national mark, secures spot in fourth Rio event
Kosuke Hagino rewrote his own 200-meter individual medley national record Saturday to claim a fourth berth at this summer's Rio Olympics and round off a dominant week at the national championships. Hagino blazed home in 1 minute, 55.07 seconds to chop 0.26 seconds off his ...
Kaneto breaks own national record in women's 200m breaststroke
Rie Kaneto improved her Japan record in the women's 200-meter breaststroke on Saturday. Racing at the Aquatic Super Series competition in Perth, Australia, between Japan, Australia and China, Kaneto won her final in 2 minutes, 20.04 seconds. The 27-year-old Kaneto set the previous record of 2:20.72 ...
Rie Kaneto outpaced world champion and compatriot Kanako Watanabe to win the women's 200-meter breaststroke title on the final day of a World Cup meet in Tokyo on Thursday. Kaneto touched the wall in 2 minutes, 23.01 seconds at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, while ...
