TOKYO, Japan, June 21. THE butterflies proved to be the top-profile events at the Japan Open tonight in Tokyo, including one of the deepest women’s 200-meter butterfly finales in the world.<\/p>\n
The world pacesetter, Natsumi Hoshi, cruised to victory in the women’s 200-meter fly with a 2:06.34 tonight. That swim fell short of the 2:05.98 she used to win at Japanese Nationals, but still proved to be the third-fastest time of the year behind only Mireia Belmonte’s 2:06.33.<\/p>\n
Miyu Nakano took second overall in 2:08.18 tonight to rank 12th in the world rankings, while Sakiko Shimizu finished third in 2:09.19. Shimizu jumped to 16th in the world rankings with that performance. The 200 fly finals were exceptionally deep here in Tokyo with Haruno Ito finishing fourth in 2:09.74 and Suzuka Hasegawa taking fifth in 2:09.82. Ito improved on her 19th-ranked season best of 2:09.88, while Hasegawa grabbed 21st in the world.<\/p>\n
Daiya Seto sizzled in the men’s 200-meter fly with a winning time of 1:54.75. That’s just off his second-ranked season best of 1:54.70 from the Mare Nostrum circuit. Only Chad Le Clos has been faster with a 1:54.56 from South African Nationals. Masato Sakai took second tonight in 1:55.15 to move to third in the world, while Kosuke Hagino placed third in 1:56.57 for 11th in the rankings.<\/p>\n
Miki Uchida vaulted to 18th in the world rankings with a 54.28 to win the women’s 100-meter freestyle finale. Yayoi Matsumoto took second in 55.08, while Kanako Watanabe snagged third-place overall in 55.30.<\/p>\n
Noriko Inada, the Masters swimming wonder who continues to perform well into her 30s, took the women’s 50-meter back title in 28.56. That swim is just a bit off her 17th-ranked season best of 28.42 from the Japanese Nationals earlier this year. Emi Moronuki took second in 28.71 with Masumi Takaba winding up third in 28.76.<\/p>\n
Junya Koga cleared Ryosuke Irie, 24.69 to 25.17, in the men’s 50-meter backstroke coming up short of his sixth-ranked season best of 24.66 from the Mare Nostrum stop in Barcelona. Irie also has been faster with an eighth-ranked 24.86 from Japanese Nationals. Takeshi Kawamoto placed third in 25.50.<\/p>\n
Asami Chida topped the women’s 800-meter freestyle finale in 8:35.92 with Yukimi Moriyama snaring second in 8:37.84. Mahiro Ishii wound up third in the finale with an 8:40.81. Fumiya Hidaka touched out Naito Ehara, 3:50.44 to 3:50.57, for the men’s 400-meter freestyle title. Kohei Yamamoto picked up third-place honors in 3:51.14.<\/p>\n
Rika Omoto took home the women’s 200-meter IM title in 2:12.53, while Hiroko Makino took down the national junior record with a second-place time of 2:13.03. Mio Motegi placed third in 2:13.13. With the top two swimmers in the world, Hagino and Seto, sitting out the men’s 200-meter IM this week, Irie managed to capture the title in 1:59.81. Hiromasa Fujimori took second in 2:00.01 with Reo Sakata taking third in 2:00.30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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