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Hiroshima bone marrow donors dwindling with age amid lack of registration volunteers and education
Following renowned swimmer Rikako Ikee's announcement of her leukemia diagnosis, public interest in donating bone marrow has increased, especially in Hiroshima Prefecture, which has more than its fair share of patients as a result of the atomic bombing in 1945. In Hiroshima, though, the eligible ...
Rikako Ikee enrolls at university while continuing battle against leukemia
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 ...
Kengo Ida defends men's 50-meter butterfly national title in record-setting time
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 ...
Marrow donor volunteers in Japan hit monthly high after swimmer Rikako Ikee's leukemia announcement
The number of individuals registering as bone marrow donors reached a monthly record of 11,662 in February after teenage swimming star Rikako Ikee announced she has leukemia, according to the Japan Marrow Donor Program. New registrations exceeded 10,000 in a single month for the first ...
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 ...
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 holds multiple national records, shared her feelings with her more than 400,000 followers on ...
Japanese bone marrow bank flooded with inquiries after Rikako Ikee's leukemia revelation
The Japan Marrow Donor Program has been flooded with donation inquiries since star swimmer Rikako Ikee, 18, revealed Tuesday that she has leukemia. "We are still very short of donors. We are waiting for your cooperation," the organization said on Twitter. According to the JMDP, the ...
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, ...
Gaffe-prone Olympics minister Yoshitaka Sakurada apologized Wednesday for making comments he acknowledged "lacked consideration" for star Rikako Ikee's feelings following her leukemia diagnosis. Sakurada, who is responsible for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, retracted comments he made a day earlier after the remarks ...
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 ...
