Frustration Reigns On Final Day Of 2016 Japanese Olympic Trials
Despite coming within .02 of a second of her Japanese National Record and World Junior Record, Rikako Ikee fell just short of the strict Japanese Olympic-qualifying standard in the women’s 50m freestyle tonight.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 6 Prelims Live Recap
We didn’t see any 100m freestyle Olympic qualifiers yesterday, but we’ll see if anyone can meet the stiff Japanese standards in the splash n’ dash today.
2 Japanese Sprint Freestyle Records Broken, Yet No Olympic Qualifiers
Despite seeing 2 National Records fall during tonight’s finals, the nation of Japan is without male and female 100m freestyle representation in Rio at this point.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 4 Finals Recap: Major 200 IM Shake-ups
Teenager Runa Imai picked the right time to explode, clocking the 2nd-swiftest women’s 200m IM time tonight and punching her ticket to Rio.
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.
McEvoy Scores 21.73 50 Free, Kaneto Races To All Comers Record In 200 Breast
Cameron McEvoy cranked out the world’s fastest 100 freestyle so far this season (47.56) on day 1 in Perth and blew out the field again tonight in the 50m freestyle, scoring a 21.73 scorcher.
2016 Aquatic Super Series Preview
The Chinese and Japanese teams will have a hard time overcoming the talent and depth of the Australian team in Perth…
Sun Yang Tops Chinese Talent, Koseki Leads Japanese Headed To Perth
Although banned from training at any official centers in the country, Chinese distance star Sun Yang leads his team at the Perth Aquatic Super Series in Australia, scheduled for February 5th and 6th.
Tokyo World Cup Preview and All the Links You Need
Primetime international players, including American speedster Nathan Adrian, are lined up for this week’s FINA World Cup stop in Tokyo, the first site of 2015’s final cluster.
Miki Uchida shaves .01 off Japanese 50 free record at Intercollege Championships
For the second year in a row, Miki Uchida has set a Japanese record in the 50 free at the Intercollegiate Championships.
Israel catching sprint fever with gold, nat’l record from Kalontarov
It took up until the very last individual event of the 2015 European Games for Israel to earn a gold medal in swimming, but sprinter Ziv Kalontrov made it worth the wait.
NCAA Champ Gkolomeev Taking Pre-Kazan Camp With ADN Swim Project
Kristian Gkolomeev is just one of the notable names on the ADN Swim Project’s roster slated to compete at the 2015 French Open in early July.
Japanese Men’s Freestyle On The Rise – Historic Olympic Medal Drought Threatened
Japan is one of history’s great swimming powerhouses. Their men sit fourth on the all-time medals table, and their women eighth. From the 1930s until the 1960s Japan was one of the top nations in every discipline in swimming, but since then hasn’t produced any top swimmers in the freestyle events at the Olympic Games.
Japan’s top sprinter Shinri Shioura to join ADN pro training group in Italy
Shinri Shioura, the Japanese and Asian Record-holder in the 50 freestyle, will be joining the burgeoning professional training group ADN based out of Italy.
Australia’s Emma McKeon Earns Fourth Gold at 2015 Japan Open
Red-hot Emma McKeon (AUS) nabs her fourth gold at the 2015 Japan Open, making her mark all over the world rankings.
