Ikee, Ohashi & Hagino Missing From Japanese SC Worlds Selection Meet
The Japanese competition train ceases to stop, as the nation’s top athletes are gearing up for their World Championships Selection Meet slated for October 27th and 28th.
After Dominant Year, Rikako Ikee Selected As Japan Swimming’s 2018 MVP
In response to her extraordinary year in the pool, 18-year-old Rikako Ikee has been honored as ‘MVP’ by the Japanese Swimming Federation.
2018 Manchester Int’l Swim Meet Preview
Although Rikako Ikee is listed on the start lists for this weekend’s Manchester International Swim Meet, it’s doubtful she will be racing, as the teen is currently in Turkey training with Sarah Sjostrom.
Breaststroking Ace Kanako Watanabe Returns To Rio Coach
Gold medalist in the women’s 200m breaststroke at the 2018 Asian Games, Kanako Watanabe of Japan, plans on changing coaches after she graduates from Waseda University in March 2019.
Ikee Caps Off Historic Summer With 2 Meet Records At Japanese Festival
The 73rd National Sports Festival of Japan concluded today, with the nation’s golden girl, Rikako Ikee, capping off a whirlwind summer.
Sarah Sjostrom Torches 100 Fly World Cup Record In 56.46
Sarah Sjostrom shattered her own World Cup Record in the women’s 100 fly with a swim of 56.46 in Doha.
Olympic Silver Medalist Masato Sakai To Return To Racing This Weekend
Masato Sakai (left) won the 200m fly silver medal in Rio, but recently underwent shoulder surgery this summer. He’ll be making his recovery debut this weekend at the Japanese National Sports Festival.
Olympic Oversight? Women’s 200, 1500 Free Finals To Fall On Same Night
The final of the women’s 200 and 1500 freestyles will fall on the same night at the 2020 Olympics.
2018 FINA World Cup Day 3 Finals: Sjostrom W/ 1Fly World Cup Record
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom collected her 3rd World Cup Record in just the 1st stop of the 2018 series.
Butterfly Worlds Collide As Ikee Joins Sjostrom In Turkey Next Month
Two of the fastest butterfliers in the world, Rikako Ikee of Japan and Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, are set to train together in Turkey this fall.
Rikako Ikee Becomes First Woman Ever To Win Asian Games MVP
Rikako Ikee, just 18 years old, became the first woman ever to be awarded MVP of the Asian Games.
Jeux Asiatiques 2018 : entre la Chine et le Japon, c’est du 50/50
SUN Yang s’est emparé des titres du 200, 400, 800, et 1500 nage libre à Djakarta.
Asian Games Rewind: Japan Beat China For First Time Since 1998
18-year-old Rikako Ikee was a primary contributor to Japan’s overall victory over China at this year’s Asian Games, a feat it hasn’t accomplished in 20 years.
Jeux Asiatiques jour 6 : Les monopolistes complètent leurs empires
Les monopolistes complètent leurs empires : Sun Yang et Wang Jianjahe sur le demi-fond, Yasuhiro Koseki en brasse et Rikako Ikee sur 50 libre
2018 Asian Games: Day 6 Finals Live Recap
Rikako Ikee is after her 8th medal of these Games, leading heats of the 50 free. She’s already won the 100 free, 50 fly, 100 fly, 4×100 free relay and 4×100 medley relay, and took silver in both the mixed medley relay and the 4×200 free relay.
