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Teenager Ikee Leads Japan With 2 World C’ships Qualifying Times

JAPAN SWIM 2017 (JAPANESE NATIONALS)

Although 3 national records fell on day 2 of the Japan Swim, the meet which serves as the nation’s World Championships trials, the session had a slightly subdued feel on the whole. The first 3 events brought consecutive national records in the men’s and women’s 50m breaststroke races, followed by a stellar women’s 400m IM race, but things fell off from that point onward.

Recently-turn-pro Kosuke Hagino failed to notch a JPN-mandated time in the 200m freestyle, while the women’s 100m backstroke also was void of qualifiers. Just one backstroker on the men’s side, Ryosuke Irie, made the 100m cut, while last year’s bronze medalist and current 50m back national record holder finished out of the final.

All told, Japan still raced its way to 6 Japanese QT on day 2 with marks as follows:

Day 2 Swimmers under Japanese QT:

Women’s 50 Breaststroke –

Men’s 50 Breaststroke –

  • Yasuhiro Koseki – 27.23 *NR, *QT

Women’s 400 IM –

  • Yui Ohhashi- 4:31.42 *NR, *QT
  • Sakiko Shimizu – 4:37.52 *QT

Women’s 200 Freestyle –

Men’s 100 Backstroke –

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ERVINFORTHEWIN
7 years ago

She is on fire

Dan
7 years ago

Was this compared to FINA A cuts or the Japanese cuts?

Boknows34
7 years ago

How many individual events will Ikee swim in Budapest? She could qualify for 6 by my count (50/100 free and fly, 200 free, 200 IM).

Retta Race
Reply to  Boknows34
7 years ago

Ikee’s not on the start lists for 2IM nor 2fly, but count on her to add 50 free/100 free to her 2free qualification and 100fly to her 50 fly qualification for a total of 5 individual events.

Boknows34
Reply to  Boknows34
7 years ago

To answer my own question it looks like Ikee has not entered the 200 medley, an event where she holds the current World Junior Record.

Rachel
Reply to  Boknows34
7 years ago

While Ikee has a great IM time, the women’s 200IM in Japan is stacked. They hold 4 out of the top 5 top times in the world this year. and are all within about a half-second. If Ikee swam it, there is definitely no guarantee she would qualify. She probably wants to focus on other events.

aquajosh
Reply to  Rachel
7 years ago

After that 400 IM, i’m really interested to see if Ohhashi will take Watanabe’s NR in the 200 IM. Japan is going to have a crazy good team in Tokyo.

Hswimmer
7 years ago

Wow that women’s 400 IM

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