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Finals:<\/strong><\/p>\n Kosuke Hagino<\/strong> unleashed a top-ranked time of 4:08.90 in the men’s 400-meter IM for the win. \u00a0That swim cleared his previous top time of 4:09.06 from the Konami Open, but was short of his Asian record of 4:07.61 from the 2013 Japanese Championships.<\/p>\n Daiya Seto<\/strong> earned the likely second spot on the Olympics roster with a second-place time of 4:13.52. He already had a fourth-ranked season best of 4:12.98 from the Tokyo Championships to his credit. \u00a0Takeharu Fujimori<\/strong> took third in 4:14.77, off his sixth-ranked season best of 4:13.81 from the Aquatic Super Series.<\/p>\n Naito Ehara<\/strong> clinched the men’s 400-meter free title in a time of 3:47.43. \u00a0That swim moved Ehara\u00a0up to fourth in the world rankings, behind only Henrik Christiansen<\/strong> (3:46.37), David McKeon<\/strong> (3:46.48) and Gabriele Detti<\/strong> (3:46.59). \u00a0Yosuke Miyamoto<\/strong> also looked to have picked up an Olympic spot with a second-place time of 3:48.42. \u00a0Tsubasa Amai<\/strong> placed third in 3:50.87.<\/p>\n Mihu Takahashi<\/strong> claimed the women’s 400-meter IM title with a time of 4:35.55. \u00a0That moved Takahashi up to fifth in the world rankings, just behind Sakiko Shimizu’s<\/strong> fourth-ranked 4:35.04 from the Konami Open that stands as the Japanese national record. \u00a0Shimizu, meanwhile, likely picked up the second Olympic berth in the event with a second-place 4:36.68. \u00a0Yui Ohashi<\/strong> wound up third in 4:37.33.<\/p>\n Chihiro Igarashi<\/strong> missed the FINA A cut of 4:09.08 in the women’s 400-meter free with a winning time of 4:09.70. \u00a0Tsudumi Hasagawa<\/strong> (4:14.22) and Asari Wada<\/strong> (4:14.25) rounded out the top three.<\/p>\n Semifinals:<\/strong><\/p>\n Rikako Ikee<\/strong> turned in a Japanese record time of 57.55 to move to eighth in the world rankings. \u00a0That time clipped her previous record of 57.56 set at the 2015 Tokyo stop of the FINA World Cup. Natsumi Hoshi<\/strong> qualified second in 58.84 with Suzuka Hasegawa<\/strong> posting a third-seeded 58.91.<\/p>\n Kosuke Kitajima<\/strong>\u00a0demonstrated\u00a0some uncommon staying power as the four-time Olympic gold medalist posted a 59.62 in semis of the men’s 100-meter breast to move to third in the world. \u00a0Only Adam Peaty<\/strong> (59.55) and Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong> (59.61) have been faster. \u00a0Yasuhiro Koseki<\/strong> (1:00.09) and Ryo Tateishi<\/strong> (1:00.67) qualified second and third.<\/p>\n The first night of action at the 2016 Japan Swim is underway. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. Finals: Kosuke Hagino unleashed a top-ranked time of 4:08.90 in the men’s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":109335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[57366],"class_list":["post-193266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2016-japanese-nationals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n\n