By Hideki Mochizuki, Swimming World Japanese correspondent<\/i><\/p>\n
NAGAOKA, Niigata, Japan, September 12. MISAKI Yamaguchi lowered the Japanese record in the women's 100 free during the second day of the Japan National Sports Festival held in Nagaoka.<\/p>\n
Yamaguchi clocked a time of 54.43 to break the Japanese record of 54.88 previously set by Haruka Ueda at the World Championships.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ryosuki Irie downed Junya Koga, 52.37 to 52.87, in the men's 100 back finale. <\/p>\n
"To win the race was important," Irie said. "With this time, I could come into play in the 100 at the global level." <\/p>\n
Irie finished fourth at the World Championships in Rome with a 52.73, falling to Koga's winning time of 52.26. <\/p>\n
Other individual winners were:<\/p>\n
* A= Junior and senior highschool, B=senior at Junior high and freshmen at high school
\nMen<\/b>
\n400 IM (A): Yosuke Mori, 4:14.82
\n100 free: Ranmaru Harada, 49.39
\n100 back (B): Kosuke Hagino, 55.64
\n100 free (A): Junpei Miyamoto, 50.75
\n100 back: Ryosuke Irie, 52.37
\n50 free (B): Takuya Ishizaki, 23.41
\n200 butterfly (A): Yuta Kimura, 1:55.60
\n100 breast: Ryo Tateishi, 1:00.23<\/p>\n
Women<\/b>
\n400 IM (A): Miho Takahashi, 4:40.41
\n100 free: Misaki Yamaguchi, 54.43 New Japanese record
\n100 back (B): Mai Harada, 1:01.01
\n100 free (A): Shoko Tanabe, 55.45
\n100 back: Aya Terakawa, 59.90
\n50 free (B): Miki Uchida, 25.90
\n200 butterfly (A): Yui Miyamoto, 2:06.73
\n100 breast: Satomi Suzuki, 1:06.67<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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