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Pan Pacific Championships, Night Three Finals: Tang Qianting Gets China on Board with 50 Breast Gold As the holder of the top three times in the world in 2026 entering this meet, no one would’ve been shocked to see Tang Qianting on the top step of the podium at the Pan Pacific Championships. The Asi...

Japanese Star Satomi Suzuki Still Writing Chapters to Career at 35 Years Old For a moment, flash back to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. On three occasions, Japan's Satomi Suzuki stood on the podium inside the London Aquatic Centre. She received a silver medal for her performance in the 200-meter ...

Japan Swim: Yamato Okadome Sets Pair of Best Times Yamato Okadome set a pair of best times in breaststroke to start the Japan Swim 2026 meet in Tokyo. Okadome won the 100 breast on the first day of the meet on Thursday by going 59.11. That allowed him to outduel national record holder Shin Ohashi, w...

Japan ended China's hot streak at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta as Satomi Suzuki won Japan's first swimming gold medal on the first night of action from Indonesia. Suzuki went 1-2 with Reona Aoki as Suzuki won the gold with a 1:06.40 for a new Games Record. She broke Shi Jinglin's Games Record of ...

Kazushi Imafuku Sets Japanese Record in 800 Freestyle; Veteran Satomi Suzuki Still Shining at 35 The 2026 Japan Swim reached its midway point on Friday and Kazushi Imafuku continued to excel, this time by delivering a national record. Following an opening day victory in the 400-meter freestyle, Imaf...

The first full finals session of swimming at the 2018 Asian Games got started with three new Games Records falling. China got four gold medals thanks to Wang Jianjiahe, Sun Yang, Xu Jiayu and Liu Yaxin and Japan got three golds thanks to Satomi Suzuki, Daiya Seto and their women's 4x100 free relay. ...

Not Slowing Down: The 30-Something Swimmers Ranked Among the Top-20 in the World (Women’s Edition) At the 2008 Olympic Games, United States legend Dara Torres claimed a silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle at the age of 41. These days, there aren't any female swimmers of Torres' age, but there are...

Photo by Joao Marc Bosch INCHEON, South Korea, September 17. THE start lists for the swimming competition at the Asian Games confirms a three-event matchup between host nation’s Tae Hwan Park and China’s Sun Yang, as well as a potential nine events for Japan’s Kosuke Hagino. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE E...

Mio Narita and Mizuki Hirai Looking to Spark Japan from Recent Struggles It’s been a rough stretch in international waters for the Japanese women. Not since the 2020 Olympic Games, held on home soil in Tokyo, has a female athlete from Japan appeared on a podium at a global championship meet. The 202...

World Championships: Anna Elendt Wins 100 Breast with Outside Smoke The attention was on the middle of the pool in Tuesday’s women’s 100 breaststroke final at the World Aquatics Championships. That was just fine by Anna Elendt. The German who trains in Austin won a world title out of Lane 1 with a t...

39 swimmers will compete for Japan at the Asian Swimming Championships next month in Tokyo, but two of the countries biggest-name athletes will be absent: Kosuke Hagino and Rie Kaneto. Hagino had surgery last month to remove an extra bone in his elbow, and the 400 IM gold medalist will not compete a...

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 23. IF you managed to get off the grid for a few days, you missed a lot in the swimming world. On today's show we'll bring you the top five swimming-related headlines of the past week, which included a new chapter for an Olympic legend and shocking performances from the newest...

World Championships, Night 8: Ruta Meilutyte Lowers 50 Breast World Record for Title Ruta Meilutyte first won a gold medal at the 2013 World Championships. A decade later, she's a double gold medalist with lots more ahead of her. The Lithuanian lowered the world record she tied a night earlier in th...

The Japanese women swept the relays with a 3:54.73 in the 4x100 medley relay to close out night five of the 2018 Asian Games from Jakarta, Indonesia. Japan's relay of Natsumi Sakai (59.42), Satomi Suzuki (1:05.43), Rikako Ikee (55.80) and Tomomi Aoki (54.08) set a new Games Record of 3:54.73 to demo...

The Americans are on fire in the pool at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo. The last night of action has been a favorable one for the Americans as they have taken every single gold medal except one thus far in the session. 28-year-old Micah Sumrall continued that streak with a gold in ...

Ryosuke Irie and Kosuke Hagino definitely were the stars of the show during night one at the Japan Swim 2015. Ryosuke Irie, who is ranked second in the world in the men's 100-meter back with a 53.15 from the BHP Super Series, topped the semifinal heats with a 53.48.  Masaki Kaneko qualified second i...

Photo Credit: Delly Carr INCHEON, Korea, September 16. THE start of the swimming competition at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, Korea is less than a week away; with the official psych sheets yet to be released, here are five women who could make a major impact at the meet. 1. Ye Shiwen, China [capt...

Kosuke Hagino Advances to Semifinals of 200 Freestyle at Japanese Olympic Trials One of the big names missing from the opening day of the Japanese Olympic Trials was Kosuke Hagino, the reigning champion in the 400-meter individual medley. Rather than defend that title, Hagino has shifted his attenti...

Zhang Yufei Sets 56.20 Asian Games 100 Fly Record: Hwang Sunwoo Leads Way In 200 Free Prelims The fourth day of the pool programme at the Asian Games dawned with China sitting atop the medal table after winning all but five golds on offer in Hangzhou, China. Asian Games Page China has 15 golds, 13 s...

Tang Qianting Sets Asian 50m Breaststroke Record As China Hint At Sweeping Day 1 Golds At Asian Games Tang Qianting set an Asian 50m breaststroke record as China hinted at a clean sweep of gold on the first day of prelims at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Asian Games Preview Asian Games results Tang w...