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Daiya Seto: “I’m Aiming For Phelps’ 400 IM World Record”

With one eye on the 2fly, Daiya Seto is also gunning for American Olympic icon Michael Phelps’ world record in the men’s 400m IM come July.

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17-Year-Old Yanagimoto Qualifies For Japan’s Olympic Squad

17-year-old Konosuke Yanagimoto raced in the men’s 200m freestyle tonight, snagging the silver in a time of 1:47.45 to make his first Olympic relay squad.

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Matsumoto Rocks 1:44.65 Japanese Record In 200 Freestyle

World Championships silver medalist Katsuo Matsumoto just joined an exclusive club, hitting a sub-1:45 time in the men’s 200m freestyle tonight in Tokyo.

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Japan’s Olympic Roster Hits 15 After 3 Days Of Tokyo Trials

Kanako Watanabe added her name to the Japanese Olympic roster for a home-based Games, qualifying in the women’s 100m breaststroke event.

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Six Men Hit 1:56.3 Or Faster In 200 Fly Semi-Final At Japanese OLY Trials

Daiya Seto easily made it into tomorrow night’s 200 fly final at Japan’s Olympic Trials, but a stacked field led by Tomoru Honda awaits.

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2021 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 3 Finals Live Recap

31-year-old Ryosuke Irie will be gunning for his third Olympic Games squad, taking on the 100m back tonight at the Japanese Olympic Trials.

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Olympic Silver Medalist Masato Sakai Misses 200 Fly Semi At Trials

Another Olympic medalist from the 2016 Olympics will not be back to defend his podium position as Japan’s Masato Sakai missed advancing in the men’s 200m fly.

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McIntosh Becomes 5th Fastest Kiwi Women’s 1500 Freestyler

The 2021 New Zealand National Championships kicked off today in Auckland with just the men’s 800m free and women’s 1500m free on the docket.

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All The Links You Need For OLY Qualifying Meets For Week Of April 5th

Get your coffee brewing now to help you keep up with all of the intense international racing action taking place this upcoming week.

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2021 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2: Roster Snags 2 400 Free Qualifiers

Find out who was added to Japan’s roster for a home-based Olympic Games as day 2 of the nation’s Trials wrapped up from Tokyo tonight.

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Watch Rikako Ikee’s Olympic-Qualifying 100 Fly & Emotional Interview

Re-live Rikako Ikee’s Olympic-qualifying 100m butterfly race, then hear the leukemia survivor’s emotional post-race interview.

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2021 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2 Live Recap

World Championships silver medalist Katsuo Matsumoto will try to conquer the 200m free podium while qualifying for the Olympic Games.

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Leukemia Survivor Rikako Ikee Qualifies For The Tokyo Olympic Games

20-year-old leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee qualified for the postponed Olympic Games by way of placing first in the women’s 100m fly.

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2021 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 1: Roster For Tokyo Grows By 3

Yui Ohashi not only got it done to finish in first place in the women’s 400 IM, but the World Championships medalist qualified for the Olympics.

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Thomasberger Scorches New German 200 Fly National Record

A new German national record was set in the men’s 200m butterfly this morning in Heidelberg, courtesy of David Thomasberger.

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