{"id":311412,"date":"2018-05-25T06:22:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=311412"},"modified":"2018-05-25T06:22:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:22:56","slug":"ikee-wins-adds-another-title-at-2018-japan-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ikee-wins-adds-another-title-at-2018-japan-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikee Wins Adds Another Title At 2018 Japan Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day two of the 2018 Japan Open continued in Tokyo today as swimmers competed for a chance to qualify for their country\u2019s roster for this summer\u2019s Pan Pacific Championships. While there weren\u2019t any national records to follow up on Ikee\u2019s new mark in the 50 butterfly from yesterday, there was still plenty of fast swimming. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Day Two Finals<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women\u2019s 200 Free<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men\u2019s 200 Free<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women\u2019s 50 Breast<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men\u2019s 50 Breast<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women\u2019s 100 Back<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men\u2019s 100 Back<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women\u2019s 400 IM<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men\u2019s 1500 Free<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the women\u2019s 200 free, national record holder <\/span><b>Rikako Ikee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a little ways off that in this final but still managed to hold on for gold in a very tight field. All three women on the podium finished in 1:57\u2019s, with second place Chihiro Igarashi (1:57.48) and third place Rio Shirai (1:57.68) just behind Ikee. Notably, fourth place <\/span><b>Tomomi Aoki <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also finished just under 1:58 (1:57.85), giving Japan a nice group for their 800 free relay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The men\u2019s 200 free was a showdown between <\/span><b>Katsuhiro Matsumoto <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and 400 IM Olympic Champion <\/span><b>Kosuke Hagino<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Hagino didn\u2019t swim this event at last month\u2019s Japan Swim, and he was edged out here by Matsumoto 1:47.62 to 1:48.02. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the women\u2019s 400 IM <\/span><b>Yui Ohashi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who owns the fastest time in the world this year with her 4:30.82 from last month\u2019s Japan Swim, won again here tonight, taking the event in 4:35.03 over <\/span><b>Miho Takahashi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Sakiko Shimizu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who had a close battle for silver and bronze (4:38.57 to 4:38.58). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><b>Junya Koga <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2009-world-champion-junya-konga-fails-doping-test-out-of-2018-asian-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">out because of his recent doping violation<\/a> and no <\/span><b>Ryosuke Irie <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the field, the men\u2019s 100 back was wide open. <\/span><b>Junya Hasegawa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ended up with the win in 54.44, just .04 ahead of <\/span><b>Masato Sakai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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