Yuka Kato

Tokyo Tourney: Hasegawa Now Japan’s #2 100 Fly Performer All-Time

While competing at the Tokyo Special Swimming Tournament, 20-year-old Suzuka Hasegawa wowed the virtual crowd with a lifetime best in the women’s 100m fly.

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Rikako Ikee Lowers Japanese, Junior World Records In 100 Fly

Rikako Ikee set a new Junior World Record in the women’s 100 fly, winning the bronze medal.

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Rikako Ikee Cranks Out New 100m Fly Japanese National Record in Tokyo

Meet the new Japanese National Record Holder in the 100m butterfly, 15-year-old Rikako Ikee.

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Fu Yuanhui Speeds Through 50 Back on Livened-Up East Asia Games Day 2

China’s Fu Yuanhui added more hardware to her 2013 World Championship silver (seen above).

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Big day for Japan in New South Wales

On the second evening of the New South Wales State Open Championships Japanese swimmers Ryosuke Irie, Aya Terakawa and Kosuke Hagino all…

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American Women Take Down 4×100 Medley World Record

Franklin, Soni, Vollmer and Schmitt finish the meet off for the American women with speed

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Sun Yang Crushes World Record on Final Day of Olympics (RECAP)

Sun Yang hammered the World Record in the men’s 1500 free (Photo Courtesy: US Presswire)

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Lochte Tops 400 IM as Phelps Misses Podium; China’s Ye Breaks WR

Lochte broke the grill out as he accepted the first gold medal of the 2012 Olympic swim meet. (Photo Courtesy: US Presswire)

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Picks: Aussies Hope to Threepeat in Women’s 400 Medley

Alicia Coutts is one of the few butterfliers at the top of the women’s medley field who can hang with Dana Vollmer (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Picks: Phelps a Phavorite, But Not a Runaway, in 100 Fly

Coming at the end of a long meet, Phelps is vulnerable in the 100 fly (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Terakawa Goes 4th-Ranked Time in World in 200 Back at Japan Open

In addition to Terakawa’s fireworks, butterflier Yuka Kato took down a National Record. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Japan Names 27 to Olympic Roster

Even with tough standards, all but 6 event champions are headed to London (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Two National Records Go Down on Day 4 at Japanese Trials

Women’s 100 Backstroke The Olympics are going to be awesome this year. There are so many swimmers who are so…

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Kitajima Breaks 100 Breast Japanese Record [Video Added]

At 29-years old, Kitajima isn’t slowing down at all (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Cracking the Shanghai Relays: Womens 400 Medley

The medley relays are where things really get dicey in Shanghai. In the free relays, it’s more clear-cut who is…

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