Tag: Kanako Watanabe
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Japan 1:32.52 and new world record in the mixed 4×50 free
On day 2 of the FINA 2013 Swimming World Cup meet in Dubai, yesterday, Japan’s relay team of Shinri Shioura, Sayaka Akase, Kenta Ito and Kanako Watanabe took out the 4x50m mixed freestyle relay in 1:32.52, beating Russia’s world record of 1:33.01 from the World Cup meet in Moscow last Sunday. Brazil was also faster…
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CC photo #438: The Istanbul 2012 women’s 200 breast medal podium
Medal winners in the women’s 200 meter breaststroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Laura Sogar (USA, silver), Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN, gold) and Kanako Watanabe (JPN, bronze). See the result list here.
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Japan Swim: Barren last day, 27 selected for Olympics
As written here on SwimNews, the last day of national Japanese championships was a barren one as far at London 2012 qualification was concerned, closes call Takuro Fujii in the men’s 100 butterfly, 51.91 and second-fastest time in the world this year, far surpassing the FINA A cut of 52.36, but still almost a tenth…
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Japan Swim: Irie impresses (again) in the 200 back
At the Japan Swim today, Ryosuke Irie clocked a sizzling 1:54.03 in the men’s 200 backstroke, behind only his own 1:54.02 in the world this year, with the rest of the world somewhere above 1:56. He and Kazuki Watanabe qualified for the London Olympics, Watanabe in 1:56.83. Satomi Suzuki posted a second-best time in the…