Rikako Ikee Clocks Yet Another JPN Nat Record – 24.21 50 Free (Video)

2018 JAPAN SWIM (JAPANESE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS)

17-year-old Rikako Ikee lowered another one of her Japanese national records while competing at the 2018 Japan Swim. Tonight during the 4th final session of the meet, Ikee fired off the fastest 50m freestyle time ever clocked by a woman from her nation, registering a winning mark of 24.21 to take gold in front of a roaring crowd.

You can watch the race video below where the star wins the splash n’ dash by over a second ahead of the field:

Prior to this meet, Ikee’s personal best and previous national record stood at the 24.33 earned at the National Sports Festival of Japan last September. That mark still stands as the World Junior Record. If Ikee wasn’t turning 18 by the end of this year, tonight’s result would replace that as the new WJR.

However, Ikee’s time now checks her in as the 3rd fastest 50m freestyler this season, barring any results from tonight’s semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games.

2017-2018 LCM WOMEN 50 FREE

2Pernille
BLUME
DEN23.7508/04
3Cate
CAMPBELL
AUS23.7804/07
4Xiang
LIU
CHN24.0409/01
5Simone
MANUEL
USA24.1007/29
View Top 26»

At just 17 years of age, Ikee holds the Japanese national LCM records across the 50m/100m/200m freestyle and 50m/100m butterfly events.

In This Story

11
Leave a Reply

Subscribe
Notify of

11 Comments
newest
oldest most voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Rafael
5 years ago

Who is Xiang Liu???

SchoolingFTW
Reply to  Rafael
5 years ago

A Chinese female sprinter

bobo gigi
Reply to  Rafael
5 years ago

I know Liu Xiang the hurdler.

bobo gigi
Reply to  bobo gigi
5 years ago

Seriously looks like she was finalist in the 50 free at last worlds in Budapest.
I didn’t know her. Or I have forgotten.
With all the Xiang, Yang or Xie it’s tough to remember who is who. 🙂

bobo gigi
Reply to  bobo gigi
5 years ago

She finished 3rd in the 50 back at 2015 worlds and 6th in the 50 free at 2017 worlds in 24.58.

Yozhik
Reply to  bobo gigi
5 years ago

Who are you trying to fool? Do you think we don’t know who you are, Bo Bog Igi? 😀

IM FAN
Reply to  Rafael
5 years ago

She has a PB of 24.04, nothing to scoff at. (Though done in China, so grain of salt, sadly)

bobo gigi
5 years ago

She will have a lot of pressure in 2 years at home. Can she handle it? Because on pure talent she has everything to shine.

Rafael
Reply to  bobo gigi
5 years ago

Or will JPN does not burden her as they did to hagino?

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  bobo gigi
5 years ago

She also has Pan Pacs in Tokyo this August to see what she can do …….and how to handle the Pressure . Great meet to be used as deep preparations for the Japanese team

GOODKIDMUM
5 years ago

Congratulations Ikee

About Retta Race

Retta Race

Former Masters swimmer and coach Loretta (Retta) thrives on a non-stop but productive schedule. Nowadays, that includes having just earned her MBA while working full-time in IT while owning French 75 Boutique while also providing swimming insight for BBC.

Read More »