Ryosuke Irie Smashes Japanese National Record

NISHINOMIYA, Japan, January 27. RYOSUKE Irie, who is covered in Swimming World's January issue, smashed the Japanese national standard in the men's 200 back over the long course at the Konami Open.

Irie clocked a quick time of 1:56.53 to surpass the previous record (1:57.17) of Takashi Nakano set in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2006.

The performance rocketed Irie up the all-time chart to seventh. He stands behind Helge Meeuw's 1:56.34 and ahead of Laszlo Cseh's 1:56.69.

Special thanks to Hideki Mochizuki for contributing this report.

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