Breaststroking Legend Kosuke Kitajima Reportedly Announces Retirement
At the immediate conclusion of tonight’s finals of the Japanese Olympic Trials taking place in Tokyo, legendary breaststroker Kosuke Kitajima reportedly announced his retirement.
Japanese Men’s Team: Where They’re Strong, They’re Extremely Strong
Let’s take a high-level look at the strong and not-so-strong angles of the Japanese men’s swimming team in the midst of what’s happening at Trials in Tokyo.
2 Japanese Sprint Freestyle Records Broken, Yet No Olympic Qualifiers
Despite seeing 2 National Records fall during tonight’s finals, the nation of Japan is without male and female 100m freestyle representation in Rio at this point.
2016 Australian Trials Day 2 Heat Highlight Video
Watch distance ace Hackett swim his 200m freestyle prelim race.
Magnussen’s Relay Gets Special Time Trial After Inelibiglity Ruling
James Magnussen and the members of his Ravenswood Club are set to swim a special time trial at the end of tonight’s finals session, due to an ineligibility ruling.
Quick Video Review Of Aussie Trials Night 1
Relive the action from the first night of the Australian National Championships, where 6 Olympic cuts were earned in Adelaide. Mack…
Le Clos Adds 50 Freestyle To South African Trials Event Line-up
Chad Le Clos’ reveals his list of events he’ll be swimming at the South African Olympic Trials, which begin on April 10th.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 4 Finals Recap: Major 200 IM Shake-ups
Teenager Runa Imai picked the right time to explode, clocking the 2nd-swiftest women’s 200m IM time tonight and punching her ticket to Rio.
12 Japanese Go Sub-50 In Men’s 100 Free At Olympic Trials
The highest-positioned Japanese 100m freestyler in the world rankings is its national record holder, Katsumi Nakamura, with his time of 48.55, but he was joined by 11 fellow Japanese swimmers who dipped beneath 50 seconds in prelims of the event in Tokyo.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 4 Prelims Live Recap
31-year-old Takeshi Matsuda earned bronze in the men’s 200m butterfly in both Beijing and London. He’ll be swimming in the prelims of the event in Tokyo this morning.
Corey Main Clocks Olympic-Qualifying Time In 100 Back
Corey Main cleared the FINA A cut in the men’s 100m backstroke competing at the Canadian Olympic Trials, a meet which serves as New Zealand’s 2nd Olympic-qualifying meet.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 3 Finals Live Recap: Hagino Smokes 200 Free
Kosuke Hagino rocked the world’s fastest 200m freestyle time while competing at the Japanese Olympic Trials tonight.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
The current women’s 200 butterfly World Champion, Natsumi Hoshi, will be in the pool today trying to claim a Japanese national title in the event in Tokyo.
Kitajima’s Possible 5th Olympic Games Qualification Now Questionable
Kitajima qualifying for his 5th Olympics is not a sure thing.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2 Finals Recap
15-year-old Rikako Ikee already scored a new National Record during semi-finals of the women’s 100m butterfly and followed that up with a big meet title-winning swim. Kosuke Kitajima, meanwhile, qualified for his 5th Olympic Games.
