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Daiya Seto

17 Named To Japanese World Championships Roster So Far

The ageless Ryosuke Irie made the World Championships roster for Gwangju in the men’s 200m back, so far.

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Japanese Worlds Qualifiers Through End of Japanese C’ships

Yui Ohashi already qualified for Gwangju in the women’s 200m IM, but she added the 400m IM to her line-up tonight.

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Seto & Ohashi Solidify IM King & Queen Status On Final Night In Tokyo

Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto earned his 3rd title at the Japanese Championships, which concluded tonight in Tokyo.

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Updated List Of Japanese Worlds Qualifiers Through Day 5

Through 5 days of the Japanese Championships, we’ve seen just 5 individual qualifiers, speaking to the stiffness of the nation’s minimum selection times.

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Seto Scores 1:56 2IM, Hasegawa Tops Oashi In 200 Fly

Daiya Seto continues to produce stellar results here in Tokyo, earning his 2nd World Championships bid by winning the 200m IM.

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Daiya Seto Adds Name To Slim List Of JPN Qualifiers For Gwangju

Daiya Seto, world record holder in the SCM 200 fly, got his hand on the wall first in his signature event to earn his 2fly spot for this summer’s World Championships.

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Japan Day 4: Seto Secures 2Fly For Worlds, 15 Men Under 50 In 1Free

Daiya Seto hits 200 fly qualifying mark for World Championships, while several other swimmers are in the hunt for their own events.

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Matsumoto Tops 2019 2Free World Rankings, Irie Just Misses QT

Katsuhiro Matsumoto clocked a big-time 1:45.63 to take over the top 200m free time of 2019.

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Black Cloud Lingers Over Next Week’s Japan Swimming C’ships

This year’s Japan Swimming Championships, the meet which serves as the nation’s primary qualifying competition for the 2019 World Championships, will have a black cloud raining overhead when racing begins on Tuesday, April 2nd.

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Who is Kristof Milak Afraid Of In The Men’s 100 and 200 Fly? (Video)

Kristof Milak talks poolside after competing in Israel, where the teen talks rivals in the men’s 100m and 200m fly at this summer’s World Championships.

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Ippei Watanabe To Enter Professional Swimming Ranks

Following in the footsteps of countrymen Kosuke Hagino and Daiya Seto, 22-year-old Japanese dynamo Ippei Watanabe will entering the professional swimming ranks.

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Olympic Champion Hagino Opting Out Of All-Important JPN C’ships

Japan’s key leader Kosuke Hagino has abandoned plans to compete at his nation’s World Championships Trials meet of the Japanese Championships next month.

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Hagino Halts Training Camp In Spain To Regroup For Japanese C’ships

Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino hasn’t quite produced the results for which he was hoping so far this year. He’s decided to withdraw from the Japanese National Team’s training camp in Spain to regroup and refocus.

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World Ranking Shake-Ups Galore At 2019 Konami Open

2019 KONAMI OPEN Saturday, February 16th & Sunday, February 17th International Swimming Centre, Chiba Prefecture Prelims at 9am local (7pm…

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Seto & Ohashi Put On 400 IM Show On Day 1 Of 2019 Konami Open

The 2019 Konami Open kicked off tonight, but without one of Japan’s main aquatic powerhouses, Rikako Ikee. Swimming in her honor, Ikee’s Japanese teammates threw down some stellar marks for this point in the season.

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