Asaki Nishikawa, Mio Narita Grab 400 IM Titles at Japan Swim

Asaki Nishikawa, Mio Narita Grab 400 IM Titles at Japan Swim

Depth within the males’s 400-meter particular person medley has been a number one storyline in Japan in current months, and Sunday was the flip of Asaki Nishikawa to show his expertise within the occasion. A 19-year-old, Nishikawa posted a time of 4:08.66 to prevail within the 400 IM on the Japan Swim in Tokyo. That efficiency was greater than a second faster than Raito Numata, who picked up second place in 4:10.29.

Nishikawa lined the opening butterfly leg in 56.20 and break up 1:59.74 on the midway level of the race, the one effort underneath two minutes. At the 300, Nishikawa was timed in 3:10.68, sufficient of a cushion to simply fend off Numata. Placing third was Riku Yamaguchi, who went 4:10.69. En path to his victory, Nishikawa was a second off his private nest of 4:07.67, set final yr.

In the ladies’s 400 medley, Mio Narita put collectively a dominant triumph, profitable by greater than 5 seconds. The silver medalist within the 400 IM finally yr’s World Championships, Narita produced a time of 4:35.16, with second place going to Waka Kobori in 4:40.75. Earlier within the session, Kobori captured the 800 freestyle in 8:33.16.

After profitable the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke earlier within the meet, veteran Satomi Suzuki accomplished her breaststroke sweep with a victory within the 50 distance. The 35-year-old Suzuki touched the wall in 30.39, which was almost a second quicker than runnerup Kotomi Kato, who checked in at 31.30. An occasion later, Kazushi Imafuku turned in his newest sturdy efficiency in a distance occasion, as he went 14:55.04 to win the 1500 freestyle.

Yoshitoku Narushima completed forward of the sphere within the males’s 100 butterfly, as his time of 51.31 was faster than the 51.63 of Tomonobu Gomi. They have been adopted by Katsuhiro Matsumoto and Naoki Mizunuma, who shared third place in 51.70.

In different motion, Yume Jinno received the ladies’s 50 freestyle in 25.21 whereas Reo Miura was the lone athlete underneath the 25-second barrier within the males’s 50 backstroke, claiming victory in 24.96. Shunichi Nakao walked away with the title within the males’s 50 freestyle, as his outing of twenty-two.12 edged the 22.15 of Ryusei Shigeto.

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