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17-Yr-Old Olympian Konosuke Yanagimoto Takes 200 Free JPN High School Title

The 89th Japan Inter-High School Swimming Championships rolled on here Nagano, with day 2 bringing the men’s 200m freestyle as the blue ribbon event.

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How to Watch the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games

While you’re counting down the days until the Tokyo Paralympic Games opening ceremony, find your national broadcasting information for the Games here.

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Sou Ogata Hits Sub-2:00 200 IM At Japan Inter-High School C’ships

The Japan Inter-High School Swimming Championships are taking place for the first time in two years with just under 800 swimmers participating.

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India’s Tokyo Olympian Sajan Prakash To Undergo Treatment For Neck Issue

Indian Olympian Sajan Prakash will soon be undergoing extensive treatment to address a lingering neck issue related to a slipped disc.

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Coley Stickels & Kathie Wickstrand Join Tokyo Frog Kings Coaching Staff

The Tokyo Frog Kings has built out its coaching staff, including Coley Stickels, for International Swimming League season 3, which begins on August 26th.

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China’s Olympic Pool Success Partially Attributed To Aerospace Technology

Chinese swimmers refined their aquatic techniques not in a pool, but in a wind tunnel in the lead-up to the just-concluded Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Xu Jiayu Gives Olympic Silver To Wife Of Coach Xu Guoyi Following 2020 Death

Following the 2020 death of former coach Xu Guoyi, Olympic silver medalist Xu Jiayu gave his medal to Guoyi’s wife Lou Xia.

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Watch All of the Asian Record Race Videos from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The Chinese women shattered Asian Records on relays and Wang Shun broke an individual record en route to winning the 200 IM. Watch all of the race videos.

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Watch All of Yui Ohashi’s Race Videos from the 2020 Tokyo Olymics

Yui Ohashi won two gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She only swam the 200 and 400 IM, but took home Olympic titles in each.

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Watch All of Zhang Yufei’s Race Videos from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Zhang Yufei of China swam the fastest 200 fly in 12 years to win the women’s event. Watch all of her race videos from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Watch All of Siobhan Haughey’s Race Videos from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Siobhan Haughey won two silver medals for Hong Kong at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Watch her race videos here.

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Olympic Results Digest: All The Medalists & Records Set In The Pool In Tokyo

Everything you need for a quick refresher on what went down over eight days of swimming in Tokyo’s Olympic Aquatics Centre.

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Emma McKeon Leads All #Tokyo2020 Olympic Swimming Individual Medalists

Emma McKeon leads all Tokyo 2020 Olympic swimming medalists with 7 medals, 4 gold and 3 bronze. Caeleb Dressel had the most golds with five.

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SwimSwam’s Top 10 Races of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

For the last day of the 2020 Olympic Games, we brought you our Top 10 swims from Tokyo, Top 5 for men and Top 5 for women

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Japan Closes #Tokyo2020 Swimming With Men’s 400 Medley Relay Asian Record

The Japanese men’s 400 medley relay of Irie, Mura, Mizunuma, and Nakamura took down the Asian record by 0.08s, despite placing 6th in the Olympic final.

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