Tag: Kosuke Hagino
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Inside with Brett Hawke: James Guy
James Guy, World Champion and Olympic medalist from Great Britain, swings in for a chat. They talk about Kosuke Hagino, 200 Free race strategy, and loads of practice sets.
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11 Athletes who beat Michael Phelps in an Olympic Final | Top Moments
We show you the 11 athletes who beat Michael Phelps in an Olympic Final. Enjoy watching! 1) Tom Malchow 🇺🇸 – Sydney 2000 2) Denys Sylantiev 🇺🇦 – Sydney 2000 3) Justin Norris 🇦🇺. – Sydney 2000 4) Anatoly Polyakov 🇷🇺 – Sydney 2000 5) Ian Thorpe 🇦🇺. – Athens 2004 6) Pieter van den…
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Japan Swim Star Kosuke Hagino to Miss 2019 World Championships
Kosuke Hagino will not compete at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. The 4-time Olympic medallist pulled out of the Japanese nationals in April and now he’ll miss the Worlds in July, a year before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. “Kosuke Hagino will not be competing at the World Championships this year,†Hagino’s management agency communicated…
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Japan swim king Hagino loses mojo, sparking Olympic fears
Olympic swim champion Kosuke Hagino said Friday he has pulled out of next month’s Japanese championships, blaming a lack of hunger and triggering concerns about his appetite for Tokyo 2020. The 24-year-old was Japan’s best hope for a swimming gold medal next year alongside Olympic poster girl Rikako Ikee, who was diagnosed with leukaemia last…
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Katinka Hosszu launches swimmers union in war with FINA
Hungarian Olympic swimming star Katinka Hosszu announced Tuesday the launch of a union to represent swimmers against FINA, the sport’s governing body, that she accuses of ignoring athletes. The membership of the Global Association of Professional Swimmers (GAPS) represents “all continents of the globe”, Hosszu, a triple Olympic gold medal winner in Rio last year,…
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Kosuke Hagino: I’m trying to become like Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps was the world’s greatest swimmer for much of this century. Ryan Lochte, too, has held that crown. There is little doubt that the title now belongs to Japan’s Kosuke Hagino. And Hagino, who just turned 20 and is short of 6 feet, has his sights set pretty high. “Michael Phelps is my role…
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Japanese Swimming Has Momentum at Its Back
In 2012, Michael Phelps saw the writing on London’s Aquatic Centre scoreboard. In the third of four preliminary heats of the Olympic 400-meter individual medley, the Japanese teenager Kosuke Hagino clocked at 4 minutes 10.01 seconds. Phelps, the world-record holder in the event since 2002, remembered cringing, because he was in the final heat and…