Japan Short Course Nationals: Six More National Records Fall

By Hideki Mochizuki

TOKYO, Japan, February 24. THE final day of the Japanese Short Course National championships saw six more national records fall at the Tokyo's Tatsumi International Swimming Center.

One of the most notable came from Reiko Nakamura, who set a global standard yesterday in the 200 back. She continued her stable performance in 100 with a time of 58.08 turning the first 50m at 27.96.

"I was going for under 58 seconds, so this time is not bad but a little unsatisfactory," Nakamura said. "I never went the first 50 under 28 seconds, so that was good. I will go back to hard training again and will be back in April at the Trials."

Her teammate, Kosuke Kitajima, also won the 200 breast in 2:05.03, which was just out of the Japanese record of 2:04.96. His split was 28.09, 59.41, 1:31.67.

More than his performance, second-place finisher and currently senior at high school, Ryo Tateishi surprised the field with his rapid growth with 2:06.52, which was new high school record in short course. Tateishi is currently the strongest candidate post-Kitajima position in Japan.

In the 100 freestyle and butterfly, two Japanese records fell. Hisayoshi Sato went 48.19 in the 100 freestyle and Ryo Takayasu went 50.55 in the 100 butterfly. In addition to Kitajima and Tomomi Morita in backstroke, these four members are strongest candidates for Japan's medley relay squad.

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Today's New Japanese Records
Men
100m Freestyle: 48.19 by Hisayoshi Sato
400m Freestyle: 3:41.86 by Takeshi Matsuda
100m Butterfly: 50.55 by Ryo Takayasu
200m IM: 1:55.77 by Hidemasa Sano

Women
100m Backstroke: 58.08 by Reiko Nakamura
100m Butterfly: 57.12 by Yuka Kato

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