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2024 Japanese Olympic Trials: Day 7 Finals Live Recap

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By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam

2024 JAPANESE OLYMPIC TRIALS

Session Preview:

The penultimate finals session of the 2024 Japanese Olympic Trials is upon us, and the night will commence with semifinals of three different events. The men’s 100 butterfly will lead things off, where national record holder Naoki Mizunuma will be among the loaded field. He qualified 1st in prelims with a time of 51.75, but Katsuhiro Matsumoto and Takeshi Kawamoto are anticipated to be in close pursuit tonight.

The women’s 200 IM will also feature the national record holder, as Yui Ohashi qualified fastest earlier today in 2:14.32. Ohashi’s Japanese record sits at 2:07.91, and she won the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in a slightly slower time of 2:08.52. She missed out on qualifying for Paris in the 400 IM earlier in the competition, so she’ll certainly be looking to advance to tomorrow’s 200 IM final, where she’s very capable of swimming the 2:10.70 qualification standard.

The women’s 50 free heats were led by Nagisa Ikemoto, who put her hand on the touchpad in 25.14. Rikako Ikee, who already booked her ticket to Paris in the 100 fly, sits 2nd at 25.20. Ikee owns the national record in the event from 2018, where she threw down a time of 24.21, which is under the 24.55 Olympic qualifying time set by Swimming Japan. Ikee and Ikemoto went 1-2 in the 100 free on night five in Tokyo, clocking times of 54.15 and 54.20, respectively.

Olympic spots are up for grabs in the men’s 50 free, women’s 200 back, and men’s 200 IM in this session. Most prominently, Daiya Seto is still looking to secure his place on the Olympic team, as he missed out in both the 400 IM and 200 fly earlier this week. Seto clocked a time of 1:57.54 just last month, which is only 0.03 outside of the necessary time.

MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY — SEMI-FINALS

  • Japanese National Record — 50.81 – Naoki Mizunuma, 2022
  • Asian Record — 50.39 – Joseph Schooling (SGP), 2016
  • World Record — 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel (USA), 2021
  • JASF QT — 51.43

Top 8 Qualifiers:

WOMEN’S 200 IM — SEMI-FINALS

  • Japanese National Record — 2:07.91 – Yui Ohashi, 2017
  • Asian Record — 2:07.57 – Ye Shiwen (CHN), 2012
  • World Record — 2:06.12 – Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2015
  • JASF QT — 2:10.70

Top 8 Qualifiers:

WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE — SEMI-FINALS

  • Japanese National Record — 24.21 – Rikako Ikee, 2018
  • Asian Record — 23.97 – Liu Xiang (CHN), 2021
  • World Record — 23.61 – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2023
  • JASF QT — 24.55

Top 8 Qualifiers:

MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE — FINAL

  • Japanese National Record — 21.67 – Shinri Shioura, 2019
  • Asian Record — 21.67 – Shinri Shioura, 2019
  • World Record — 20.91 – Cesar Cielo (BRA), 2009
  • JASF QT — 21.82

Podium:

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – FINAL

  • Japanese National Record — 2:07.13 – Reiko Nakamura, 2008
  • Asian Record — 2:06.46 – Zhao Jing (CHN), 2010
  • World Record — 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
  • JASF QT — 2:08.65

Podium:

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

MEN’S 200 IM – FINAL

  • Japanese National Record — 1:55.07 – Kosuke Hagino, 2016
  • Asian Record — 1:54.62 – Wang Shun (CHN), 2023
  • World Record — 1:54.00 – Ryan Lochte (USA), 2011
  • JASF QT — 1:57.51

Podium:

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

WOMEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE — FINAL

  • Japanese National Record — 30.10 – Satomi Suzuki, 2023
  • Asian Record — 29.51 – Tang Qianting (CHN), 2023
  • World Record — 29.16 – Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2023

Podium:

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

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