Kazushi Imafuku

Zhao on Breaking a Meet Record in the Final Relay, “There is No Better Feeling” (Day 4 Quotes)

The final day of competition saw Team USA claim gold and shatter meet records in both the boys and girls 4×100 medley relays.

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US Comes Out on Top While Japan Adds 3 Golds to Take 2nd on Final Junior Pan Pacs Medal Table

With 21 golds and 44 medals in all, Team USA’s victory comes as no surprise given that they had over three times as many gold medals as any other nation. 

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2024 Junior Pan Pacs: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

American Lilla Bognar will be looking to complete her sweep of the girls IMs tonight.

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Japan’s Kazushi Imafuku Shatters 1500 Free Meet Record, Becomes #6 All-Time in 17-18 Age Group

In a thrilling race, Imafuku broke 15 minutes for the first time in the 1500, posting a time of 14:59.97 to shatter the Junior Pan Pacs record.

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2024 Junior Pan Pacs: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

American 16-year-old Charlotte Crush led the field by a solid margin in the girls 100 fly this morning, clocking a 58.55.

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2024 Junior Pan Pacs: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Welcome to the day 2 finals session of the 2024 Junior Pan Pacs in Canberra, Australia.

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2024 Junior Pan Pacs: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

USA’s and Florida Gator commit (2025) Lilla Bognar enters the 400 IM as the top seed by over 4 seconds and will look to improve upon her time of 4:37.86.

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Luke Ellis Takes Down 8-Year-Old Junior Pan Pacs Meet Record In 800 Free

The 18-year-old’s time of 7:52.40 shattered Bobby Finke’s old standard of 7:55.16, knocking down a record that had stood since 2016.

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Multiple High School Records Fall At Japanese Junior Olympic Cup

Catch up on results from the Japanese Junior Olympic Cup, ripe with budding teen talent on both the men’s and women’s sides.

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2024 Japanese Olympic Trials: Day 8 Finals Live Recap

23-year-old Rikako Ikee has already qualified for Paris in the women’s 100m fly but she’ll try to double up with the 50m free tonight in Tokyo.

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Deep Women’s 400 IM Field Highlights Day Three Heats of Japanese Olympic Trials

2022 World Junior Champion Mio Narita & Asian Games medalist Ageha Tanigawa will highlight the women’s 400 IM final, along with Olympic Champion Yui Ohashi.

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Raymond Wins Historic Third Australian National Open Water Title

The 2024 Australian Open Water Championships concluded today from West Australia but not before Thomas Raymond made history.

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Mio Narita Among Winners At 45th Japan Junior Olympic Spring Cup

World junior champion Mio Narita was among the young group of racers who competed at the 45th Japan Junior Olympic Spring Cup.

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