Japan Swim: Yamato Okadome Sets Bair of Best Times

Japan Swim: Yamato Okadome Sets Pair of Best Times

Yamato Okadome set a pair of greatest occasions in breaststroke to begin the Japan Swim 2026 meet in Tokyo.

Okadome received the 100 breast on the primary day of the meet on Thursday by going 59.11. That allowed him to outduel nationwide file holder Shin Ohashi, who went 59.18. Taku Taniguchi was third in 59.41.

Okadome, an NCAA champion at Cal this 12 months, held a earlier better of 1:00.21 from the French Elite Championships in 2025.

Okadome completed third within the 50 breast. His prelims time of 26.76, although, was the quickest of the meet and knocked greater than a quarter-second off his greatest. The closing went to Taka Taniguchi in 26.84, with Ohashi once more second in 27.01 and Okadome third in 27.03.

Mira Sasaki began the four-day meet with a pair of backstroke wins. She went 1:00.25 to win the 100 on Thursday, simply .12 seconds forward of Rio Shirai. On Friday, Sasaki’s 28.03 was 4 tenths away from the sector, with Yuara Sonobe second.

Satomi Suzuki approached a greatest time within the ladies’s 100 breast at age 35. She received the race in 1:05.87. That’s seven tenths off Reona Aoki’s nationwide file and close to Suzuki’s career-best of 1:05.55.

Teenager Raito Numata had a robust opening two days. The 17-year-old received the 400 free on Thursday in 3:46.11 out of Lane 1, having completed seventh in prelims. Asaki Nishikawa was second in 3:47.10.

Numata was third within the 200 free on Friday with one other greatest time of 1:46.73. Tatsuya Murasa received that race in 1:45.65, with Katsuhiro Matsumoto second in 1:46.43.

Mio Narita received the ladies’s 200 particular person medley by greater than a second and a half, her time 2:10.25. Five ladies broke two minutes within the 200 free, with the win going to Rio Suzuki in 1:59.13. Third was Waka Kobori, who was second to Ichika Kajimoto’s 4:08.14 within the 400 free.

In the 100 fly, Mizuki Hirai oudueled Rikako Ikee for the win, going 57.60 to Ikee’s 58.11.

Taikan Tanaka and Shoon Mitsunaga tied for the title within the males’s 50 fly on Thursday, each clocking in at 23.28. They have been .08 forward of Tomonobu Gomi. Hidekazu Takehara received the 100 again in 53.85, .14 forward of Yumeki Kojima. Yoshitoku Narushima went 1:55.03 to edge a crowded subject within the males’s 200 fly, and Hiroko Makino’s 2:08.17 did the identical within the ladies’s race.