2014 Asian Games – Hagino knocks off Sun and Park for 200 free gold on day 1
Kosuke Hagino won one of the premier races of day 1, besting Sun Yang and Park Tae-hwan to take home gold in the 200 freestyle.
Kosuke Hagino breaks Asian 200 IM record with 1:55.33 at Japan Intercollegiate Champs
Daiya Seto and Kosuke Hagino swept the top two spots in the 200 IM, with Hagino breaking his own national and continental records.
2014 Pan Pacific Championships – Day 2 live prelims recap – loaded 100 frees lined up for finals
Nathan Adrian beat defending World Champ James Magnussen for the top seed in the men’s 100 free. Both men were flirting with the 48-second barrier this morning.
2014 Pan Pacific Championships Swimming Photo Vault – Day 1
Many thanks to Paul Younan for these swimming photos!
2014 Pan Pacific Championships – Grevers blows away meet, all-comers records at day 1 prelims
The 2014 Pan Pacs meet kicks off from Australia today, with Ryosuke Irie set to clash with a whole field of talented 100 backstrokers.
2014 Pan Pacific Championships Preview – Men’s butterfly – Phelps comeback heads 100, tough Japanese crew leads 200
Can Michael Phelps further lower his world-leading time in the 100 fly, and will he be able to find his fastest swimming in the final, something he struggled with at U.S. Nationals?
Kanako Watanabe Breaks Japanese National Record in 100 Breaststroke
The Japan Open is rarely any kind of a selection meet for anything, but that seems to rarely prevent the…
Japan Open start lists announced, meet begins Thursday
The Japan Open will kick off this Thursday in Tatsumi, Japan, and the home country has shown up in full-force, according to the start lists, which include Olympic bronze medalist Kosuke Hagino.
Ottesen, Koseki Score Top FINA Bonuses from Mare Nostrum
With victories at all three stops and multiple meet records over the course of the competition series, Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark and Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan finished off the Mare Nostrum series as the top overall money winners.
Mare Nostrum Preview: Le Clos vs Seto headlines Barcelona as series comes to a close
The final stop of the circuit will feature a big-time showdown of the top two 200 flyers in the world for 2014, Chad le Clos and Daiya Seto (pictured).
Big day for Danish women, Japanese men to close out Canet’s Mare Nostrum stop
The Danish ladies won 5 total events on Thursday including two from Rikke Moller Pederson (pictured), while the Japanese men went 1-2 in the 100 back, 200 breast and 200 IM.
Ottesen smashes two Danish records to open Canet stop of Mare Nostrum tour
Sprinter Jeanette Ottesen knocked down two Danish records on the first night of the Mare Nostrum meet in Canet-en-Roussillon, France.
Adrian Wins 100 Free, 5 Meet Records Go Down on Day 1 of 2014 Mare Nostrum-Monaco
Nathan Adrian picked up a win in the 100 free and pushed through as the top seed in the 50 free on day of the 2014 Mare Nostrum-Monaco meet.
Japan Sending Sparse 22 and 21 Swimmer Rosters to Pan Pacs and Asian Games
Japan’s Kosuke Hagino will be one of 13 men to represent Japan at the Pan Pac Championships and the Asian Games.
Depth on Display, Hagino Nearly Breaks Asian Record on Day 1 of Japanese Nationals
A familiar pattern emerged in the men’s 400 IM final at Japan’s National Championships; but it might not be a good thing that Kosuke Hagino almost broke the Asian Record.
