thejapantimes, 3 months ago to Israel

Israeli Anastasia Gorbenko was booed when she accepted her medal after earning silver in the 400-meter freestyle at the world championships. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/02/19/more-sports/israeli-swimmer-booed-worlds/ #moresports #worldaquaticschampionships #israel #anastasiagorbenko #israelhamaswar

thejapantimes, 3 months ago to random

Newly crowned men's 200-meter butterfly world champion Tomoru Honda will sit out the remainder of the World Aquatics Championships in Doha to rest his injured ankle https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/02/16/more-sports/honda-to-skip-remainder-worlds/ #moresports #worldaquaticschampionships #tomoruhonda

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to swimming

Leon Marchand will face huge expectations at Paris 2024, but Bob Bowman, who previously coached swimming legend Michael Phelps, said the 21-year-old "got better when the pressure was highest" this week in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/07/30/more-sports/bowman-marchand-pressure/?utm_content=buffer23244&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #moresports #bobbowman #leonmarchand #worldaquaticschampionships #swimming #2024parisolympics

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to australia

McEvoy said this year's "exceptional" vintage was on par with the best the country had ever produced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/07/28/more-sports/australia-golden-age/?utm_content=buffer32683&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #moresports #cameronmcevoy #australia #worldaquaticschampionships

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to China

China won only one individual gold in the pool last year in Budapest at the World Aquatics Championships, but it doubled that tally during Monday evening's first two races in Fukuoka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/07/25/more-sports/swimming/china-worlds-double-gold/?utm_content=buffer5c3c5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #moresports #worldaquaticschampionships #china #qinhaiyang #zhangyufei #katedouglass

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to random

A gold-medal performance in the 1,500-meter freestyle was the perfect response for Katie Ledecky, who was dethroned and left disappointed by the record-breaking Ariarne Titmus in Sunday's 400-meter freestyle event. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/07/26/more-sports/ledecky-richards-worlds/?utm_content=buffer7eabc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #moresports #katieledecky #worldaquaticschampionships #matthewrichards #kayleemckeown

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to Sports

A gold-medal performance in the 1,500-meter freestyle was the perfect response for Katie Ledecky, who was dethroned and left disappointed by the record-breaking Ariarne Titmus in Sunday's 400-meter freestyle event. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/07/26/more-sports/swimming/ledecky-richards-worlds/?utm_content=bufferc5748&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #sports #moresports #katieledecky #worldaquaticschampionships #kayleemckeown #matthewrichards

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to Sports

China won only one individual gold in the pool last year in Budapest at the World Aquatics Championships, but it doubled that tally during Monday evening's first two races in Fukuoka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/07/25/more-sports/swimming/china-worlds-double-gold/?utm_content=bufferdbdd9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #sports #moresports #china #worldaquaticschampionships #qinhaiyang #zhangyufei #katedouglass

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to Sports

Host Japan has won four artistic swimming golds so far in Fukuoka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/07/20/more-sports/swimming/yukiko-inui-second-gold/?utm_content=buffer32f5b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #sports #moresports #yukikoinui #worldaquaticschampionships

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to Sports

China won with 238.0033 points, 5.6 ahead of the second-place United States, in the fairly new event that saw one male artistic swimmer on each medal-winning eight-person team at Marine Messe Fukuoka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/07/18/more-sports/swimming/acrobatic-routine-bronze-japan/?utm_content=buffer751fa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #sports #moresports #worldaquaticschampionships #artisticswimming

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to Sports

The World Aquatics Championships featured male contestants competing in team artistic swimming for the first time in its history on Saturday, with men due to make their Olympic debut in the sport next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/07/15/more-sports/swimming/artistic-swimming-mens-debut/?utm_content=buffer4380c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #sports #moresports #fukuoka #worldaquaticschampionships