Swimming

Swimming is the second-largest sport at the Olympics, featuring a record total of 35 events at Tokyo 2020 (excluding marathon swimming). Only athletics has more medals on offer.
New additions to the Games programme for 2021 in Japan are the men's 800m freestyle, women's 1500m freestyle, and the exciting mixed

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With three individual long course world titles, two Asian Games gold medals, a Pan Pacific victory, and a world record in this Olympic cycle alone, Seto Daiya is no longer Japan’s most underrated swimmer.
For years, the softly-spoken butterfly and individual medley specialist has played second fiddle to his better-known

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How Seto Daiya came out from the shadows to become Japan's champion in the water

World champion Seto Daiya spoke for the first time since the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, confessing he was devastated by the decision to push back the Games by a year.
In a heartfelt Twitter post on Friday (10 April), the Japanese swimmer said he had been in

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Daiya Seto (L) of Japan and Jeremy Desplanches of Switzerland react after the Men's 200m Individual Medley Final on day five of the Gwangju 2019 FINA World Championships at Nambu International Aquatics Centre on July 25, 2019 in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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Men's&Women's 400M Individual medley Final.
Men's 400M Freestyle Final.
Women's 4x100M Freestyle Relay Final.

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Kosuke Hagino catches up on the freestyle leg and beats American Chase Kalisz in the last 25m of the men's 400m individual medley final.

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Gold for Japan in Men's 400 IM

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Leon Marchand finished strongly to take the men's 400m medley race win at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Incheon on Saturday (26 October).
The four-time Olympic champion went out conservatively but kept Seto Daiya in his sights. And it was not until the last three lengths of

French superstar Leon Marchand won the 400m medley at the 2024 Swimming World Cup in Incheon

Marchand reveals 200m free world title bid after Incheon World Cup win

Regan Smith might have only trained for a few weeks in the lead up to the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Incheon, Republic of Korea, but once in the pool, there were no cobwebs in sight.
The Olympic multi-medallist blasted to a short course world record of 54.41

Regan Smith set a world record in the women's 100m backstroke at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024 in Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Regan Smith blasts through 100m backstroke record to make it a double

Ikee Rikako and Seto Daiya spearhead a party of 27 named to Japan’s swimming squad for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games\* on Wednesday (27 March).
Ikee and Seto, who each secured a quota for their third Olympic Games through the trials last week at Tokyo Aquatics Centre, will represent a

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Ikee Rikako was among 27 named to Japan's squad for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Ikee Rikako, Seto Daiya front 27 named to Japan's Paris 2024 swim team

The Japanese swimming trials for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are now in the rearview mirror.
The top two in each race who met the respective qualifying times clinched a spot at the Games. Find the full results for the eight-day competition below.
The final day of the meet at

Ohashi Yui won the women's 200m IM at the Japanese swimming trials.

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Double Olympic gold medallist Ohashi Yui does have one more Games in her after all.
The reigning women’s individual medley champion left it until the last day of the Japanese swimming trials to secure a quota at Paris 2024*. She touched the wall first in the women's 200m IM on

Ohashi Yui won the women's 200m IM at the Japanese swimming trials in Tokyo.

Double Olympic champion Ohashi Yui victorious on last day of Japan swimming trials

It was now or never for two-time Olympian Seto Daiya \- and he rose to the challenge.
The four-time world champion finally secured a quota* for Paris 2024 in the 200m individual medley on Saturday (23 March), his last race of the Japanese swimming trials.
Seto finished first in 1:56.87

Seto Daiya finally secured a quota for what will be his third Olympic Games in the 200m IM

Four-time world champ Seto Daiya finally secures Olympic spot in 200 IM

Who would’ve thought that halfway through the Japanese Olympic trials, Seto Daiya’s career would be on the line. But that’s where things are at.
One of the top swimmers of his generation, Seto, the four-time world champion and Olympic medallist, qualified for the 200m butterfly final on Wednesday (20 March)

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Japan swimming trials 2024: It's do or die for 4x world champion Seto Daiya

The Japanese swimming trials for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games get under way on Sunday (17 March) at Tokyo Aquatics Centre where the country’s best and brightest will look to make the team for the summer.
Ikee Rikako and Seto Daiya are eyeing a third Olympic appearance while Tokyo 2020

Japan's newly crowned butterfly world champion Honda Tomoru

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Honda Tomoru broke Japan's gold-medal drought in the swimming pool at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, on Tuesday evening (26 September) as he won a thrilling men's 400m individual medley final.
Honda, racing against teammate Seto Daiya and the hosts' Wang Shun, led early through

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Asian Games 2023 swimming: Honda Tomoru wins thriller in men's 400m individual medley, earning Japan first swim gold

Michael Phelps no longer owns an individual swimming world record.
All thanks to France's Leon Marchand, who took a whopping 1.34 seconds off Phelps' men's 400m individual medley mark to take gold at the World Aquatics Championships 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan, on Sunday (23 July), becoming the first-ever to break

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France's Leon Marchand (left) with retired 400m individual medley world record holder Michael Phelps of the USA after winning gold at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Leon Marchand (left) with former 400m individual medley world record holder Michael Phelps after winning gold at Fukuoka 2023

World Aquatics Championships 2023: Leon Marchand destroys Michael Phelps' 400 medley record to seize world title

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The Men's 400m Individual Medley Race was held on 28/07/2024 at Paris La Defense Arena. Leon Marchand (FRA) claimed Gold, Tomoyuki Matsushita (JPN) took Silver and Carson Foster (USA) completed the podium.

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