2018 JAPAN SWIM (JAPANESE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS)
- Tuesday, April 3rd – Sunday, April 8th
- Tatsumi International Swim Centre, Tokyo, Japan
- LCM
- Selection meet for Asian Games, Pan Pacific Championships, Jr. Pan Pacific Championships & Youth Olympics
- Meet Site
- SwimSwam Preview
- Start Lists
- Live Results
- Day 1 Prelims
- Day 1 Finals
- Day 2 Prelims
17-year-old Rikako Ikee was able to lower her own newly-minted 100m butterfly national record from last night’s semi-finals with a 56.38 stunner tonight in Tokyo. After establishing herself as the #1 swimmer in the world this season with her new NR of 56.58 in yesterday’s session, the teen managed to drop .2 off of that performance to check-in with a new personal best and world-leading effort of 56.38.
Splitting 26.12/30.26, Ikee found some extra speed on the front end, out doing her 26.44 opening split from last night. Prior to this Japan Swim competition, Ikee’s previous personal best, and old NR stood at the 56.86 she registered in Rio back in 2016.
With her 56.58 performance, Ikee now jumps ahead of Canadian teen and 100m freestyle Olympic champion Penny Oleksiak in the list of all-time performers in the 100m fly event. Oleksiak captured silver in Rio with a mighty 56.46, but Ikee just outdid that mark in 56.38 to position her as the 7th fastest performer in history.
There is a highly anticipated battle brewing between Ikee and Oleksiak, which may indeed come to a head at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in front of Ikee’s home crowd.
If you have access to TV Japan on your cable program, it is showing Japan Swimming Champ at 7pm PST for one hour.
Better videos from Japan championships day 1
Hopefully my links are right. My Japanese is not very good. 🙂
Men’s 100 back semifinals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiU2o5wXnvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmwne_Fzgfc
Women’s 100 fly semifinals
Ikee 56.58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I1uBqbFiA4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ6XlW5_7GQ
Men’s 100 breast semifinals
Koseki 58.96 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjuwwGBLQYM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jr_Ev37N8k
Men’s 400 free final
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJRW9di2W3g
Women’s 50 breast prelims
Suzuki 30.64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ6XlW5_7GQ
She is on the absolute perfect timeline for her home Olympics.
And talking about teens, 13-year-old American Claire Tuggle has just swum 4.11.37 to win the 400 free at the Irish Open.
You can watch day 1 live here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M91fHThPFA
Wow, that is fast.
First international race and first win for her. 🙂
I’ve watched the race live and she looked very relaxed. It looks so easy with her.
A 4.08 s time drop. Not very surprising considering she had dropped around 8 seconds in the 500 free in yards a few weeks ago at NCSA junior nationals. I think she will go 4.08/4.09 next summer.
Ledecky ?
4:07.2 is Sippy Woodheads 13-14 NAG. She’s got over a year to do it.
Your guess is very incorrect. Katie Ledecky was 4:20 at 13. I’d rather say Like Bingjie. She was 4:06 when 13 😀
What on earth are you talking about?
I’m talking about your amazing abilities to jump into conclusions.
What conclusion. You mean the Ledecky joke? Learn to detect a joke.
Thank you for the lesson. 😀
Also where did you find Li being 4:06 at 13? She wasn’t on the scene until after rio where she would have been 14. She would have qualified for the Chinese team with that for Rio.
4:06.08; 1st Youth Swimming Championships; 10/19/2015
4:10.54; FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2015 ; 8/16/15
Source?
No, it is LCM. The source- USA Swimming database. If it is wrong – blame on them. Don’t kill a messenger. 😀
Please, calm down guys.
Ledecky’s progression by age:
-10 – 5:28.09
-11 – 4:50.80
-12 – 4:39.27
-13 – 4:20.30
-14 – 4:09.30
-15 – 4:04.30
-16 – 3:59.82
-17 – 3:58.37
-18 – 3:59.13
-19 – 3:56.46
-20 – 3:58.34
She was most likely faster at 15. Because 4:04.30 was the time for the first half of her final race at 800 in London Olympic Games.
I said yesterday she was the next Sjöström and got a bunch of downvotes. Her range and speed are incredible.
56.38 makes Ikee Rikako all times #7. Since Rio she got improved by 0.48 sec and still is body length behind Sjostrom’s personal best. It’s a lot in 100 race. Should Sarah Sjostrom take her seriously? Yes. She lost championships title to Manuel having advantage in personal best for more than a half of a second. Is Ikee next Sjostrom? She wishes. 4 world records in sprint is far beyond Ikee’s abilities as of now.
Maybe in the 100s I think she can get on sjostroms level. Sweeping the 4 fastest sprints is unheralded ability (although it looks like we somehow have 2 of them concurrently atm)
Haters going to hate.
Don’t get me wrong, that’s a phenomenal swim, but my legs hurt just thinking about a four second spread between 50’s. If she can figure out the pacing she’ll be knocking on the door of a 55.xx. Insane.
Day 1 men’s 400 free final
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSKu6urwdo
The swimmer who came second was losing a body length at almost every turn!
The swimmer who finished second is Kosuke Hagino.
Sjöstrom v Oleksiak v Ikee,
And Dana Vollmer with another comeback 🙂
As much respect as I have for Dana Vollmer, who broke one of the few London 2012 World Records, she’s past her prime. I’d sooner expect Kelsie Worrell (sorry if that’s spelled wrong, but it’s after midnight and I need to get to bed) to challenge for a medal at this point.
I think Sjöström v Sjöström and Oleksiak v Ikee
In 2 years many things can happen. Maybe Erica Brown will swim 52/53 in 2020. 🙄
Or Dora Hathazi 55.0 🙂
BTW Bobo, watch out for Olaf Cserfalvi (20/09/2004), also from Nyiregyhaza as Dora Hathazi, with 27.41; 58.88; 2:07.09 (lcm fly).
Americans will be back in the fly…
To tell the truth basicly I don’t mind who is in the front. I’m the fan of swimming.
That’s why I hope Ikee and/or Oleksiak can challenge Sjöström in the 100 fly in the future, dominance is never good for any sport imo.
Phelps’ dominance literally made swimming what it is, and Dressel’s dominance is bringing about a new revival of the sport. Dominance causes waves of the next generation being inspired by them and inevitably bettering the dominant performer’s records.