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The 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, from 23 September to 8 October 2023.
Officially known as the 2022 Asian Games, having been postponed by a year due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the event will host the best athletes in the continent with a

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A year later than originally scheduled, the 19th Asian Games will finally take place this month in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, from 23 September to 8 October 2023.
The Asian Games 2022 were postponed by a year due to previous pandemic restrictions in the host country, but now the

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - AUGUST 22: Mutaz Essa Barshim of Team Qatar competes in the Men's High Jump Final during day four of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 at National Athletics Centre on August 22, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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The year 2020 has been overshadowed by the global coronavirus pandemic, which took the lives of over a million people.
Sport was hit hard by the virus, with Tokyo 2020 delayed by a year, the first time the Olympic Games have been postponed in their history.
In spite of that,

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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

Provided by Tokyo 2020, this promotional video incorporates messages of respect and gratitude for all those supporting the Games and support for the athletes aiming to participate in the postponed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in 2021. The +1 message is being delivered by Ikee Rikako, Japanese swimmer

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Japanese swimming star Ikee Rikako has announced that her leukemia is officially in "complete remission" five years since first sharing news of the cancer diagnosis.
“Five years have passed since my transplant, and today I achieved complete remission!” Ikee wrote on Instagram on 25 September.
“Life after I was discharged

Three-time Olympian Ikee Rikako has announced her leukemia has officially gone into "complete remission".

Ikee Rikako's cancer is in "complete remission" five years post-diagnosis

In just 24 years, Ikee Rikako has gone through more than most of us would in a lifetime. Her life has been anything but ordinary.
But to become the Olympic gold medallist she dreams of being, perhaps that’s what she needs to be at times - ordinary, one of us.

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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

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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There will be a new Olympic champion in the women’s 400m individual medley this summer.
Seventeen-year-old Narita Mio dethroned Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Ohashi Yui to secure a quota at what will be her first Olympic Games on Tuesday (19 March).
On the third day of the Japanese swimming trials

Narita Mio clinched a spot for her debut Olympic Games

Narita Mio dethrones Ohashi Yui, clinches spot at Paris 2024

Ikee Rikako secured a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games \- by all of 0.01 seconds.
Ikee clocked 57.30 to take second in the women’s 100m butterfly at the Japanese swimming trials on Monday (18 March), going under the qualifying time of 57.34 and securing a quota for her

Mizuki Hirai (L) and Rikako Ikee (R) celebrate securing a quota spot for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Mizuki Hirai (L) and Rikako Ikee (R) celebrate securing a quota spot for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Ikee Rikako secures quota for Paris 2024 by slim margin

Ikee Rikako and fleas generally don’t belong in the same sentence, but here we are.
“Fleas in a jar start to jump only as high as the lid even when you take off the lid,” Ikee told reporters earlier this month in Niigata Prefecture, where the two-time Olympian prepped for

Two-time Olympian Ikee Rikako of Japan

Japan's Ikee Rikako: 'I want to be No. 1 in the world'

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

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Zhang Yufei won her sixth and final gold medal of the Asian Games 2023 in the women's 50m butterfly in a meet record of 25.10 on Friday (29 September), matching Ikee Rikako’s record from five years ago.
On the final day of the swimming competition, Zhang was bidding for an

Zhang Yufei and Ikee Rikako.

Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei bows out of Hangzhou by tying Ikee Rikako's record of 6 swimming gold medals

Zhang Yufei won her fifth gold medal of the Asian Games 2023 by the smallest of margins in the women's 50m freestyle on Thursday (28 September).
On the penultimate night of the swimming competition in Hangzhou, Zhang beat Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong, China, by a touch to win in

Zhang Yufei of the People's Republic of China

Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei storms to fifth Hangzhou gold in women's 50m free

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The Women's 4x100m Medley Relay was held at Paris La Defense Arena, on 04/08/2024. The United States of America claimed Gold with a World Record time of 3:49.63, Australia  took Silver and The People's Republic of China completed the podium.

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