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  • Japan Swim: Barren last day, 27 selected for Olympics

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    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…

  • Japan Swim: Irie under 53 seconds in the 100 backstroke

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    At the Japan Swim today, Takeshi Matsuda posted a third-best time in the world this year in the men’s 200 freestyle, qualifying for the Olympics in 1:45.96, with Yuki Kobori (1:47.71), Syo Sotodate (1:48.15) and Chiaki Ishibashi (1:48.16) qualifying for the men’s 4×200. Satomi Suzuki and Mina Matsushima qualified in the women’s 100 breaststroke in…