Tokyo unveils cutting-edge Olympic swimming venue
Tokyo Aquatics Centre will host swimming, artistic swimming and diving during the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Rikako Ikee finishes fourth in second event of competitive comeback
Rikako Ikee, who is making her competitive comeback after being diagnosed with leukemia last year, finished fourth in the women's 50-meter freestyle at Japan's Inter College Swimming Championships in Tokyo on Thursday. The 20-year-old clocked 25.62 seconds at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center while returning ...
Rikako Ikee returns to competition after battle with leukemia
The 20-year-old swam her first race in nearly 19 months and clocked 26.32 seconds in the women's 50-meter freestyle.
The 20-year-old returned to the pool in March after spending most of 2019 receiving treatment for acute leukemia.
Olympic champ Katie Ledecky inspired by Rikako Ikee's positivity amid cancer fight
Ledecky said she came to know the 20-year-old Ikee through competing against her and is delighted to see the progress she has made on her path to recovery.
Swimmer Rikako Ikee, who has been battling leukemia since last year, said Thursday she intends to return to competition in early October. The 19-year-old university sophomore allowed the media online access to her practice in Tokyo, and spoke to a group of reporters for the ...
Rikako Ikee tapped to give speech at Olympic countdown event
Rikako Ikee, the Japanese swimming star who has her sights set on the 2024 Paris Games despite her ongoing battle with leukemia, will feature in a one-year Tokyo Olympic countdown event, a source familiar with the plan said Tuesday. The 19-year-old is expected to address ...
Pro athletes with underlying conditions remain extra cautious of COVID-19 threat
Professional athletes may seem invincible, but like anyone else they can suffer from serious conditions that make them vulnerable to the coronavirus.
IOC President Thomas Bach sends words of encouragement to swimmer Rikako Ikee
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach sent a message of encouragement via Twitter to swimmer Rikako Ikee, who is now rehabbing following treatment for leukemia. Ikee, who holds multiple national records and was named the MVP of the 2018 Asian Games, was a gold medal ...
Keisuke Honda launches digital media venture featuring high-profile athletes
Former Japan international Keisuke Honda is set to launch a new digital media venture involving several of the country's high-profile athletes. Voice recordings from the athletes will be distributed by smartphone as part of a monthly subscription service called NowVoice, which launches Wednesday. The venture is ...
Rising swimming star Rikako Ikee called her recent therapy for leukemia the turning point in her life in a televised interview aired on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Ikee, the MVP of the 2018 Asian Games and a gold medal candidate for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before ...
Rikako Ikee marks one year of leukemia diagnosis with hope for future
Swimmer Rikako Ikee took to social media on Saturday to express her positive outlook one year after revealing she had been diagnosed with leukemia. In an Instagram post, Ikee wrote, "I had a real sensation of how much my muscles had atrophied. I am now ...
