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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...

By Emily Sampl BOULDER, Colorado, April 17. LAST weekend featured a busy international meet schedule, with a number of countries holding their long course national championship and trials meets and selecting teams for major meets to come this summer. Not many long course meets had been held thus far...

Turkey's Viktoria Zeynep Gunes unleashed a world best time in the women's 200-meter breast at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships. Gunes blazed her way to a stunning time of 2:19.64 to win the finale at the end of a sterling meet. That performance beat Kanako Watanabe's 2:20.90 from Japanese Na...

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...

World Championships, Night 2 Finals: Ruta Meilutyte, Lilly King Lead Veteran 100 Breast Semis Age is just a number. Another number: 1997, as in the year that Ruta Meilutyte, Lilly King and Tatjana Schoenmaker were all born. It was, as they say, a good year, for breaststroke. Those are the top three ...

Japanese Olympic Trials: Ryosuke Irie Misses 200 Back; Satomi Suzuki Adds Second Swim Ryosuke Irie’s bid for a fifth Olympics Games fell short in the 200 backstroke Friday at the Japanese Olympic Trials. Irie finished third in his signature event at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, one in which he won sil...

Veteran Satomi Suzuki Claims 100 Breaststroke Title at Japan Swim; High School Record for Tatsuya Murasa Keeping with Japanese tradition, the women’s 100-meter breaststroke offered a tight finish on the second night of the Japan Swim in Tokyo. Clocking a time of 1:06.21, Satomi Suzuki emerged victor...

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 ...

The second day of the Japan Open upped the ante for the host country as two senior national records and one junior record fell in Tokyo. The meet is featuring a contingent of athletes from Australia and Great Britain, while American Anthony Ervin is also in attendance. Satomi Suzuki set the first na...

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. ...

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...

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...

GLASGOW, Scotland, April 14. JAZZ Carlin appears to have put a disappointing summer at the world championships behind her with a personal best in the 800 freestyle tonight at the British long course nationals, vaulting her to the top of the world rankings. Carlin posted an 8:18.36 to lower her best ...

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 ...

The 2018 Japanese National Championships kicked off today with athletes qualifying for the Pan Pacs team in every event on schedule. The meet, which takes place April 3 to April 8 in Tokyo, will also serve as the selection meet for the Asian Games, Jr. Pan Pacs and the Youth Olympics. Day one result...

Editorial coverage for the Pan Pacific Championships is proudly sponsored by Master Spas! For complete coverage of the Pan Pacific Championships, check out our event landing page. GOLD COAST, Australia, August 22. IN an incredibly exciting finale, USA’s Jessica Hardy simply had too much in the tank ...

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...

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...

Photo Courtesy: Tobiuo Japan Editorial coverage for the Pan Pacific Championships is proudly sponsored by Master Spas! For complete coverage of the Pan Pacific Championships, check out our event landing page. GOLD COAST, Australia, August 24. The Japanese went 1-2 in the final, and it wasn’t even cl...

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...