Ippei Watanabe

2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Five Finals Live Recap

Swimming’s blue ribbon event will give way to a Aussie-American duel with a Canadian somewhere in the middle. Kyle Chalmers and Cameron McEvoy of Australia will be trying to take down both Nathan Adrian and Caeleb Dressel of the United States.

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TritonWear Race Analysis: 2016 Olympics Men’s 200 Breaststroke

TritonWear brings you the 2016 Summer Games with daily in-depth race analysis of every final.

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All the Race Videos from Tuesday Night in Rio

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…

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Day 5 Finals Preview: Americans, Aussies Collide In Men’s 100 Free

Kyle Chalmers will look to pull off a big upset in the men’s 100 free tonight.

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Asia: Watanabe Carries on Japanese 200 Breast Legacy Inspired by Kitajima

Carrying on the tradition of success among Japanese breaststrokers, Ippei Watanabe rocked a new Olympic Record in the men’s 200 breast semifinals tonight. Watanabe was the top qualifier for finals, posting a 2:07.22.

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Ippei Watanabe Breaks 200 Breast Olympic Record With 2:07.22

Japan’s Ippei Watanabe became the latest 200 breaststroker to rattle the world record, going 2:07.22 in the Rio Olympic semifinals to break the Olympic record and move to #3 all-time.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Four Prelims Live Recap

Cameron McEvoy of Australia looks to be the man to beat after dropping a 47.04 in the 100m freestyle at the Australian Olympic trials.

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2016 Rio Olympics Preview: New Blood Targeting Men’s 200 Breast WR

Josh Prenot scared the world record in Omaha, and he could scare the defending Olympic Champ and defending World Champ with another lights-out swim in Rio.

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2016 Japan Open: Ikee, Kaneto Shine At Day 3 Finals

Rikako Ikee had an impressive win in the women’s 100 fly, clocking 57.57.

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Despite Tough Standards, Japan Assembles Its 2nd-Largest Olympic Squad

Despite tough Japanese Olympic-qualifying standards that sometimes stood quicker than the country’s own record in the event, the Japanese are bringing its 2nd-largest swimming squad ever to an Olympics.

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2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 5 Finals Live Recap: Hagino Drops The Hammer

Bold, statement-making swim from 21-year-old Kosuke Hagino. 1:55.98 in the men’s 200 IM to score the #1 time in the world.

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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.

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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.

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2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 1 Prelims Recap

The 2016 Japan Swim (Japanese Olympic Trials) kick-off today in Tokyo, with two big guns – Daiya Seto and Kosuke Hagino – highlighting the very first event.

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