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Kitajima takes second in tuneup
Ōsaka :: Japan | 3 days ago
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Kitajima, who made his return to long-course competition on Friday after a long layoff following the 2008 Beijing Olympics, touched the wall in 2 minutes, 14.31 seconds behind Ryo Tateishi at Tokyo Swimming Center, almost seven seconds off his national...
Tags: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, Ōsaka, Brendan Hansen, Breaststroke, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, allnews
Sports › Kitajima victorious in comeback in Tokyo
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 days ago
Credibility Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima marked his return to domestic competition with victory in the 100 meters breaststroke final at a time trials meet in Tokyo on Friday. Kitajima topped the heats in 1 minute, 02.22 seconds at...
Tags: Kosuke Kitajima, Tokyo, Japan, Tōkyō, Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics ￢ﾀﾓ Men's 200 metre breaststroke, Breaststroke, Brendan Hansen, allnews
Unexpected Olympic pitch
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 month ago
Credibility Mayors Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima and Tomihisa Taue of Nagasaki put forward the idea just a week after Tokyo was beaten by Rio de Janeiro in its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. The two mayors think that jointly hosting the Summer Games in their...
Tags: Kosuke Kitajima, Tokyo Swimming Centre, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Japan
China's tennis stars advance at National Games
Jinan :: China | about 1 month ago
Credibility Chinese tennis aces did not fell prey to any upset at the 11th Chinese National Games, with former Olympic champion Sun Tiantian and China's former male number one Sun Peng both advancing in the doubles events on Tuesday. After teaming up with Yang...
Tags: China, Liu Zige, world record, Zhang Lin, world championships, Kosuke Kitajima, gold medals
Kitajima eggs on Japan teen Irie
Tōkyō :: Japan | 5 months ago
Credibility Japan’s multiple Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima has told teenage swimming sensation Ryosuke Irie to follow his lead and be more cocky. Kitajima, dubbed “Big Mouth” in Japan for his brash remarks before, during and after the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, insisted...
Tags: Wang Qishan, China-Kyrgyzstan, Japan, vice premier, Kyrgyzstan Omurbek Babanov, Kosuke Kitajima, premier wang, Kunieda
Swimming: Kitajima to continue career, not yet eyeing 2012 Olympics
Tōkyō :: Japan | 7 months ago
Credibility Kosuke Kitajima, who won a breaststroke double at the previous two Olympics, said Friday he still lacks motivation looking ahead toward the 2012 London Olympics but will continue his swimming career as he heads off to live in Los Angeles. Kitajima...
Tags: Narita, Kosuke Kitajima
Olympic champion Kitajima to miss Rome worlds!
Fina :: Burkina Faso | 10 months ago
Credibility Olympic champion Kitajima to miss Rome worlds Tokyo, Jan 17: The future of Japan's double Olympic swimming champion Kosuke Kitajima remains in doubt after he said he would skip this year's world championships. The 26-year-old won double gold in the 100...
Tags: Kosuke Kitajima
Olympics › Japan's Icho sisters to retire from wrestling
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Japan's Icho sisters to retire from wrestling Tuesday 19th August, 06:49 AM JST Japan’s Kaori Icho and elder sister Chiharu Icho said Monday they are considering retiring from competitive wrestling after winning back-to-back medals at the Beijing Olympic...
Tags: Japan, Kosuke Kitajima
Gymnast Yang Wei claims gold for China
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility After claiming a silver medal in 2000 and drawing a blank in Athens four years later, Yang finally lived up to his reputation of being the greatest gymnast of his generation when he scooped the gold medal with a total of 94.575...France's Benoit Caranobe...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Phelpsï, Beijing, olympic gold, Adam Sioui, China, beijing olympic, American, Kosuke Kitajima, gold medals
Swimming: Fabulous Phelps silences critics
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility It is game on for Michael Phelps, one down, seven to go in his quest to be the greatest of all Olympic swimmers...When Phelps won the 400m individual medley gold in the Water Cube in the first final of the Beijing meet yesterday, he laid down a marker.
Tags: Beijing, world records, U.S, Bermudaï, meter freestyle, freestyle relay, beijing olympic, Kosuke Kitajima
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