RACE VIDEO: Kanako Watanabe wins 200 Breaststroke World Championships scm
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Short Course World Championships Day Five Prelims Live Recap
Rikke Moeller Pedersen’s 200 Breaststroke, an event she holds the met record in SCM and the world record in LCM, will be one of the highlight races of the final day of competition at Short Course Worlds.
Japan names 32 to Short Course Worlds roster including Hagino, Seto, Watanabe
Japan’s Short Course Worlds roster will include returning gold medalist Daiya Seto and Asian Games sensation Kosuke Hagino.
Final Medal Tally, 4 Big Things from the 2014 Asian Games
Take-home #1 from the Asian Games? Kosuke Hagino is the real-deal. What he does next, though, is still in question.
2014 Asian Games – Hagino Picks Up Two More Golds To Make Him Three For Four – Day Two Finals
Junya Koga absolutely dominated the race in the men’s 50m backstroke churning into the wall like a madman to grab the gold with a time of 24.28. That time was just four one-hundredths shy of the Asian record of 24.24, but did break his own Asian Games record of 24.46 which he set in prelims.
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.
2014 Pan Pacific Championships – Day 4 live prelims recap
Michael Phelps made the final of the 200 IM, while his longtime rival Ryan Lochte just missed the cut in Australia.
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.
6 Stories to Watch, All The Links You Need For The 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Michael Phelps makes his return to international competition in Australia this week. Get the scoop on what to watch for at the Pan Pacific Championships here.
2014 Pan Pacific Championships Preview – Watanabe leads women’s breaststrokes with Americans, Aussies in tow
Japan’s Kanako Watanabe is among the top seeds in both women’s breaststrokes, leading very strong Japanese delegations in both.
Michael Phelps Entered in 5 Individuals, McBroom Trying Open Water at 2014 Pan Pacs
Michael Phelps will swim 5 individual races at the 2014 Pan Pac Championships, according to psych sheets that were released…
Hoshi Goes 2:06 in 200 Fly, Makino Breaks Junior National Record in 200 IM at Japan Open.
For the first time so far, three days deep into the 2014 Japan Open, there were no senior National Records…
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.
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).
