2024 KONAMI OPEN
- Saturday, February 17th & Sunday, February 18th
- International Swimming Center, Chiba Prefecture
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
The 2024 Konami Open kicks off in Japan on Saturday, February 17th with the two-day affair taking place at the International Swimming Center within the Chiba Prefecture. The meet represents the last of three annual ‘K’ meets in Japan, with the Kosuke Kitajima Cup having taken place in January while last week the Kirara Cup concluded.
As in the past, the Konami Open has attracted some of the nation’s top talent, with Olympians and World Championships swimmers flocking to a chance for additional tune-ups ahead of the Japanese Swimming Championships. That meet, which is taking place in March as opposed to its usual month of April, represents the nation’s sole qualifying opportunity for swimmers to etch their names onto the roster for this summer’s Olympic Games.
Top-tier athletes expected to race this weekend include the following:
Runa Imai
Ryosuke Irie
Yui Ohashi
Takeshi Kawamoto
Waka Kobori
Satomi Suzuki
Ai Soma
Ageha Tanigawa
Katsumi Nakamura
Mio Narita
Hiroko Makino
Naoki Mizunuma
Ippei Watanabe
Yamato Okadome
Riku Yamaguchi