TOKYO, Japan, February 11. A flurry of fast times went on the scoreboard during day one of the Japanese Short Course Championships. <\/p>\n
Syunsuke Kuzuhara clipped the national record in the men's 200 free with a 1:43.83. Shogo Hihara held the previous standard with a 1:43.86 from the 2009 Japan Open. Kuzuhara moved up to 11th in the world with the swim. Fumiya Hidaka placed second in the race with a 1:44.99. <\/p>\n
Miho Takahashi took down the national mark in the women's 400 IM with a 4:27.65. That swim crushed the 4:29.77 set by Maiko Fujino also at the 2009 Japan Open. Takahashi improved to sixth in the world ranking with the victory. <\/p>\n
Satomi Suzuki eclipsed the third national standard of the day with a 1:04.11 in the women's 100 breast. That performance bettered the 1:04.65 set by Nanaka Tamura at the 2009 Berlin World Cup stop, and jumped Suzuki to third in the world rankings behind Jessica Hardy (1:03.33) and Leisel Jones (1:04.02). <\/p>\n
Ryo Tateishi took down the final national record of the day with a 57.20 in the men's 100 breast. That swim clipped a Kosuke Kitajima mark of 57.34 set at the Japanese Short Course Championships in 2011. Tateishi earned second in the world rankings behind only Alexander Dale Oen.<\/p>\n
Hidemasa Sano won the men's 200 fly in 1:50.28 to vault to third in the world rankings behind only Takeshi Matsuda (1:49.50) and Chad Le Clos (1:50.15).<\/p>\n
Takuro Fujii topped the men's 100 IM in 52.53, taking fourth overall in the rankings behind Michael Phelps (51.65), Kenneth To (51.93) and James Goddard (52.05). <\/p>\n
Hanae Ito won the women's 200 free title in 1:54.22, bettering her previous season best of 1:54.58 which ranked her 12th. She leapfrogged Katie Hoff into eighth in the rankings with tonight's performance. <\/p>\n
Kanako Watanabe snagged the women's 100 IM crown with a 1:00.09 to move to 15th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n
Shiho Sakai claimed the women's 50 back in 27.13, while Junya Koga snagged the men's 50 back in 23.92 for 13th in the rankings. <\/p>\n
Rino Hosoda turned in a 26.31 to win the women's 50 fly, while Hiroki Kato touched in 23.09 to claim the men's 50 fly to tie for 15th in the rankings. <\/p>\n
Ayano Koguchi won the women's 800 free in 8:24.97, while Yohei Takiguchi picked up the men's 1500 free title in 14:39.22. Takiguchi jumped to eighth in the world rankings with the swim. <\/p>\n
Tomoko Hagiwara just missed the national record of 24.84 in the women's 50 free with a victorious 24.90, while Kenta Ito turned in a 21.42 to win the men's 50 free and tie for 12th in the world rankings. <\/p>\n
Kosuke Hagino cruised to victory in the men's 400 IM with a 4:03.49. That swim improved his ranking to eighth overall. <\/p>\n
Sayaka Akase clinched the women's 200 back title in 2:03.27, improving to ninth in the rankings, while Kazuki Watanabe took home the men's 200 back crown in 1:52.37. Yai Watanabe posted a 2:07.27 to capture the women's 200 fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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