{"id":277758,"date":"2017-09-19T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=277758"},"modified":"2017-09-19T09:38:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T16:38:26","slug":"lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-ikee-sprints-to-a-new-world-junior-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-ikee-sprints-to-a-new-world-junior-record\/","title":{"rendered":"LumaLanes Performance of the Week: Ikee Sprints To A New World Junior Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week\u2019s Performance Of The Week, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lumalanes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sponsored by LumaLanes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, goes to Japanese sprinter <\/span><b>Rikako Ikee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rikako-ikee-sprints-to-new-50-free-world-junior-record\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who lowered her own World Junior Record in the 50 meter freestyle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this week at the National Sports Festival in Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LumaLanes Performance of the Week -- Sept. 19, 2017 -- Rikako Ikee\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B8gpq0Ls6ZA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Touching the wall in 24.33, Ikee took .15 off of her own WJR to set a new mark in the sprint event. That also marks a new national record for the 17-year-old, which brings Ikee\u2019s total number of long course national records to five. Ikee is currently the Japanese national record holder in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyles and the 50 and 100 butterfly. The swimmer also owns three long course WJR\u2019s in the 50 butterfly and 200 IM in addition to the 50 freestyle. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ikee has been a major player on the international stage, both at the junior and senior level. She most recently finished 16th in the semi-finals of the 50 free (24.94) and sixth in the final of the 100 butterfly (57.08). 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