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The last night of the 2018 Mare Nostrum series in Monaco did not disappoint as Andrey Govorov nearly broke a world record in the 50 fly as he became the second fastest performer in history with his swim. Yasuhiro Koseki, Anastasia Fesikova and Pernille Blume moved to second in the world with their r...

By Olivia Wile, Swimming World College Intern. After a calm session yesterday, the third day of the 2019 Japanese Swimming Championships followed a similar pattern. Most of the top seeded swimmers won their respective events, with Katsuhiro Matsumoto kicking things with a finals win in the men's 200...

FINA World Swimming Championships Gwangju 2019 Day Three Finals (Men's 200 Free) In a severe turn of events in the pool on Tuesday night at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, China's Sun Yang won the 200 free final with a 1:44.93. Lithuania's Danas Rapsys, who originally touched ...

Veterans Tomoru Honda, Ippei Watanabe Qualify at Japanese Trials; Daiya Seto Third in 200 Fly Veterans Tomoru Honda and Ippei Watanabe were among four booking their tickets to the Paris Olympics on Thursday at the Japanese Olympic Trials. Not among that list was veteran Daiya Seto, though. Honda fin...

World Championships, Day 2 Prelims: David Popovici Third in Jumbled 200 Free The 2023 World Championships got its first look at David Popovici Monday morning in Fukuoka, Japan. It was enough to whet the appetite. Popovici swam 1:45.82 in prelims of the men’s 200 freestyle, comfortably into the semif...

The Favorites for Gold in the Men’s Events at the Tokyo Olympics After previously ranking the women’s events based on their favorite or favorites to win gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics in a week, it’s time to take a look at the 14 individual men’s events. Once again, there’s a wide range of event ...

Swimming World’s Pre-Olympic Male Rankings: The Top-25 Ahead of the Tokyo Games In June, Olympic Trials meets, particularly in Australia and the United States, completely shook up the status quo for the women’s swimming events at the Tokyo Olympics. Incredible performances from Aussies Ariarne Titmu...

World Championships Preview — Men's Butterfly: Absences of Milak, Dressel Create Opportunities Between all three men's butterfly events at the World Championships, there will be only one swimmer competing who has ever captured World Championship or Olympic gold in the stroke. That is Great Britain's...

Daiya Seto and Katsuhiro Matsumoto Double At Japan Short Course Championships Unlike the first day of competition, when Tomoru Honda wowed the crowd, there were no world records at the Japan Short Course Championships. Still, there were several impressive performances as the meet came to an end. Lea...

World Championships: Rikako Ikee to Make Inspiring Return to Individual Racing Four years ago, the last time the World Championships were held in their typical late July slot, the medalists in the women's 100 butterfly stepped onto the podium with a touching message. The medalists, Canada's Maggie M...

The Kitajima Cup continued Saturday from Tokyo with many of Japan's best in action in the lead-up to a home Olympics. Rikako Ikee, who is on the recovery from a battle with Leukemia in 2019, raced in the 100 freestyle with a 55.35 for a fourth place finish behind first place winner Natsumi Sakai at ...

Kristof Milak Wins Fifth Title Of Hungarian Championships With 50.99 In 100 Fly Kristof Milak went 50.99 to win the 100 fly and claim his fifth gold medal of the Hungarian Championships in Budapest. The Olympic silver medallist split 23.72/27.27 to wrap up a highly-successful meet at the Duna Arena....

The Japan Swim 2020 continued Friday from the Tokyo Olympic Aquatic Center in its maiden voyage 232 days ahead of the start of the 2021 Games as many of Japan's best got their first taste of racing in the Olympic pool. RESULTS Many of Japan's medal hopefuls were in action as Katsuhiro Matsumoto took...

Reigning Olympic Champ Yui Ohashi Finishes Fourth in 400 IM at Japanese Trials There will be a new Olympic champion in the 400 individual medley in Paris, after reigning champ Yui Ohashi missed out on qualification Tuesday. Ohashi finished fourth at Japanese Trials in Tokyo, where she had done the I...

Konosuke Yanagimoto has a stellar week at the 2020 Tokyo Special Swimming Tournament, setting a pair of national high school records. Yanagimoto went 1:47.85 in the 200 freestyle. That time is a cut of some two seconds from his previous best, per reports. It would’ve made the A final of the 2019 Wor...

Four-time Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima – the only man in history to have won back-to-back breaststroke titles – believes athletes must prepare for every eventuality and overcome every hurdle in the light of the postponement of Tokyo 2020. Speaking exclusively to Swimming World, Kitajima looked b...

Tokyo Olympic Predictions: Lilly King and Ryan Murphy Chosen to Defend in Day Three By the time the third day of Olympic Games competition rolls around, some questions will have been answered. Who is in top form? Which athletes are off? Are there any breakout performers? Here are Swimming World's pr...

Japan Swim Closes with Quick Battle in 400 IM; Kazushi Imafuku Sets National Record in 1500 Freestyle Reigning Olympic silver medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita led three athletes under the 4:10 barrier in the 400-meter individual medley on the final night of the Japan Swim in Tokyo. Coming off a victory ...

The second night of finals from the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia featured seven total events with China winning three and Japan winning four, tying the two countries for the most gold medals after two days. Rikako Ikee won two events on Monday night and set two Games Records while supersta...

Entering Second ISL Match, Kosuke Kitajima Impressed by Tokyo Frog Kings When the idea of a Japanese team in the International Swimming League arose last year, Kosuke Kitajima’s task was clear. In conversations with ISL founder Konstantin Grigorishin, both men knew that for the ISL to live up to tru...