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Who is Team Japan's Katsumi Nakamura in Physical: Asia? Details explored

Physical: Asia alum Katsumi Nakamura is one of the athletes from team Japan. The 31-year-old is an Olympic swimmer who had ...
Yahoo! Sports

Japanese swim star Rikako Ikee diagnosed with leukemia, 2020 Olympics in doubt

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee, the 18-year-old who is already an early favorite to medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, has been diagnosed with leukemia. Ikee announced the news via Twitter on ...
NBC Sports

Rikako Ikee, Japan swim star back from leukemia, mulls Tokyo Olympic run

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee reacts after competing in a 50-meter freestyle race at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on August 29, 2020. (Photo by - / JAPAN POOL / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo ...
Swimming World

Tomoyuki Matsushita Headlines 200 IM at Japan Swim; Yamato Fukasawa Wins Quick 200 Breaststroke

One of the few highlights for Japan at last summer’s Olympic Games in Paris was the silver medal performance by Tomoyuki Matsushita in the 400 individual medley. An 18-year-old at the time of the ...
CBS News

Woman swimming off Japanese beach was swept into the Pacific, but rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away

Tokyo — A Chinese woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach was rescued 37 hours later after drifting in a swimming ring more than 50 miles in the Pacific Ocean, officials said ...