{"id":18206,"date":"2008-06-06T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T14:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2008\/06\/japan-open-kosuke-kitajima-breaks-national-record-in-100-breast-makes-swimsuit-statement\/"},"modified":"2014-07-27T21:41:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T04:41:49","slug":"japan-open-kosuke-kitajima-breaks-national-record-in-100-breast-makes-swimsuit-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/japan-open-kosuke-kitajima-breaks-national-record-in-100-breast-makes-swimsuit-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Open: Kosuke Kitajima Breaks National Record in 100 Breast, Makes Swimsuit Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO, Japan, June 6.  DURING the first day of competition at the Japan Open held in Tokyo, Kosuke Kitajima made a statement both in and out of the water.  Meanwhile, several other Japanese records fell at the meet.<\/p>\n<p>Kitajima won the men&#39;s 100 breast in a national record time of 59.44, improving his stature as the second best in the event behind only world-record holder Brendan Hansen&#39;s 59.13.  Kitajima surpassed his previous Japanese record of 59.53 set at the 2005 World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>According to various reports from the area, Kitajima also made a statement outside of the water with a T-shirt stating &quot;I am the swimmer&quot; in protest of the ongoing <a href=http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/lane9\/news\/18160.asp target=_blank>issues<\/a> between the Japanese Swimming Federation and the swimsuit manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s a shame Japanese swimmers haven&#39;t been permitted to wear the Speedo suit,&quot; Kitajima told <i>Reuters<\/i> about completing the swim in a Speedo LZR Racer. &quot;I&#39;m happy to get the chance. It&#39;s a terrific suit. You can see the results for yourselves.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Kitajima wasn&#39;t the only star of the meet as Takeshi Matsuda clocked a Japanese record in the men&#39;s 200 fly with a time of 1:54.42, clipping Takashi Yamamoto&#39;s 2004 standard of 1:54.56 set at the Athens Olympics.  The time is the fourth-fastest effort in the world this year behind Pawel Korzeniowski&#39;s 1:54.38 and ahead of Nikolai Skvortsov&#39;s 1:54.65.<\/p>\n<p>Haruka Ueda followed in the women&#39;s 200 free with a national-record time of 1:57.75, breaking the longest-standing Japanese record on the books of 1:58.78 set back in 1999 by Suzu Chiba at the Japanese Nationals.  The swim put Ueda into 11th in the world this year behind Aurore Mongel&#39;s 1:57.63 and ahead off Annika Liebs&#39; 1:57.83.<\/p>\n<p>The records kept falling in the men&#39;s 200 free as Yoshihiro Okumura hit the wall in 1:47.36.  He lowered his own record of 1:47.70 set as the lead leg of an 800 free relay at the Santa Clara Invitational. That time broke the previous record set by Takeshi Matsuda in 2006 with a 1:47.83.  Thanks to Reaction Time user dunc1952 for the heads up.<\/p>\n<p>Reiko Nakamura then shaved .01 seconds off her women&#39;s 100 back national record with a time of 59.82, besting her previous Japanese standard of 59.83 set in April.  That moved her into eighth in the world this year behind Hayley McGregory and Zhao Jin&#39;s matching 59.81s.<\/p>\n<p>The record book finally had the chance to breathe in the men&#39;s 100 back as Ryosuke Irie stopped the clock in 53.95 to win the event, but just missed Tomomi Morita&#39;s national record of 53.85 from 2006.  Irie&#39;s time did, however, vault him into eighth in the world this year behind Thomas Rupprath&#39;s 53.92 and ahead of Randall Bal&#39;s 53.98.<\/p>\n<p>Ai Shibata walked away with the women&#39;s 800 free title in 8:35.18, while Ryoji Sononaka took the men&#39;s 1500 free crown in 15:36.00.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Yuka Katou earned the victory in the women&#39;s 100 fly with a time of 58.74, while Nanaka Tamura claimed the women&#39;s 100 breast title in 1:08.53.<\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/65.110.72.225\/SPIPDF\/060608japan.pdf target=_blank>Full results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO, Japan, June 6. DURING the first day of competition at the Japan Open held in Tokyo, Kosuke Kitajima made a statement both in and out of the water. 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