Yasuhiro Koseki Posts World Best in Incredibly Deep 200 Breast Field

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Yasuhiro Koseki put up a world best in the men’s 200-meter breast during the fifth day of the 2015 Japan Swim.

Koseki won a loaded men’s 200-meter breaststroke finale with a world-best time of 2:07.77. Coming into this meet, no one in the world had broken 2:10 this year. By the end of the meet, four swimmers from Japan accomplished the feat along with a total of eight swimmers overrunning the top 10 world rankings.

Ryo Tateishi placed second tonight in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke with a 2:09.54 to rank second in the world, while Kazuki Kohinata finished third in 2:09.77 for third in the world rankings.

As you can see below, with the SwimVortex newest world rankings, Japan crushed the rest of the world in what might be the deepest event by a single country in the world.

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Chinatsu Sato won the women’s 800-meter free in 8:33.71 with Asari Wada taking second in 8:34.73. Asami Chida placed third in 8:35.29.

Natsumi Hoshi vaulted to fourth in the world rankings in the women’s 200-meter fly with a winning time of 2:06.66. Only Madeline Groves (2:05.41), Mireia Belmonte (2:05.86) and Brianna Throssell (2:06.60) have been faster this year. Miyu Nakano took second tonight in 2:10.36 with Haruno Ito placing third in 2:10.81.

Ryosuke Irie, who already leads the world with a 1:54.62 in the men’s 200-meter back from the BHP Super Series, couldn’t replicate that speed as he won the finale in 1:54.93. Masaki Kaneko took second tonight in 1:56.70 to move to fourth in the world, while Hayate Matubara placed third in 1:58.05 for ninth in the world rankings.

Miki Uchida, who already became the first Japanese woman under 25 seconds in the 50-meter free, nearly took down the 100-meter free Japanese record with a 54.37 in semifinals. Yayoi Matsumoto placed second in 54.67 with Rikako Ikee taking down a Japanese junior record with a third-seeded 55.07.

Shinri Shioura raced his way into ninth in the world ranking with a 48.69 in the men’s 100-meter free semis. Katsumi Nakamura qualified second in 49.22 with Tooru Maruyama posting a third-seeded time of 49.53.

Yuka Kawayoke led the way in the women’s 200-meter back semis with a 2:10.39. Sayaka Akase touched second in 2:11.25 with Natsumi Sakai qualifying third in 2:11.84.

Takeshi Kawamoto grabbed eighth in the world rankings with a 52.04 in the men’s 100-meter fly semis. Takuro Fujii qualified second in 52.15 for ninth in the world rankings, while Masayuki Umemoto took the third seed in 52.47.

Runa Imai clocked a 2:24.37 in the women’s 200-meter breast semis to move to eighth in the world rankings. Rie Kaneto snagged the second seed in 2:24.85 with Kanako Watanabe also clearing 2:25 with a third-seeded 2:24.92.

2015 Japan Swim, Day Five – Results

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