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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmers (from L) Shin Ohashi, Hidekazu Takehara, Rikako Ikee and Nagisa Ikemoto are pictured after finishing second in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games mixed 4x100-meter medley relay final at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmers (from L) Nagisa Ikemoto, Rikako Ikee, Shin Ohashi and Hidekazu Takehara pose after winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games mixed 4x100-meter medley relay silver at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Yumeki Kojima competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 400-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Yumeki Kojima competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 400-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Yumeki Kojima acknowledges the crowd after winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 400-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Yumeki Kojima (L) poses after winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 400-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026, alongside silver medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita, also of Japan.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Yumeki Kojima poses after winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 400-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Yumeki Kojima waves to the crowd after winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 400-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Yumeki Kojima (R) competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 400-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Yumeki Kojima competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 400-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

China's Yu Zidi (C) poses after winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women's 200-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2026, alongside silver medalist Yu Yiting (L), also of China, and bronze medalist Mio Narita of Japan.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

China's Yu Zidi competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women's 200-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

China's Yu Zidi competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women's 200-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Tomoyuki Matsushita competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 200-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Tomoyuki Matsushita competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 200-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Tomoyuki Matsushita competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 200-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Tomoyuki Matsushita competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 200-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Tomoyuki Matsushita competes en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 200-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Tomoyuki Matsushita poses after winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 200-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2026.

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Tomoyuki Matsushita poses after winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's 200-meter individual medley gold at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

(Clockwise from bottom L) Japan's Shin Ohashi, Shoon Mitsunaga, Hidekazu Takehara and Tatsuya Murasa pose with their bronze medal for the men's 4x100-meter medley relay at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

(Clockwise from bottom L) Japan's Shin Ohashi, Shoon Mitsunaga, Hidekazu Takehara and Tatsuya Murasa pose with their bronze medal for the men's 4x100-meter medley relay at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

(Clockwise from bottom L) Japan's Shin Ohashi, Shoon Mitsunaga, Hidekazu Takehara and Tatsuya Murasa pose with their bronze medal for the men's 4x100-meter medley relay at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

(From L) Japan's Tatsuya Murasa, Shoon Mitsunaga, Shin Ohashi and Hidekazu Takehara pose with their bronze medal for the men's 4x100-meter medley relay at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

(Clockwise from L) Japan's Shoon Mitsunaga, Shin Ohashi, Hidekazu Takehara and Tatsuya Murasa are pictured after the men's 4x100-meter medley relay timed final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

(From L, front) Japan's Shoon Mitsunaga, Shin Ohashi, Shuichi Takehara and Tatsuya Murasa are pictured after the men's 4x100-meter medley relay timed final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Gold medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita (C) of Japan, silver medalist Carson Foster of the United States (L) and bronze medalist William Petric of Australia are pictured during the medal ceremony for the men's 200-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Gold medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita (C) of Japan, silver medalist Carson Foster of the United States (L) and bronze medalist William Petric of Australia pose with their medals during the medal ceremony for the men's 200-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan poses with his gold medal during the medal ceremony for the men's 200-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan celebrates during the medal ceremony after winning the men's 200-meter individual medley gold at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan celebrates after winning the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan celebrates after winning the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan competes en route to winning the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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al Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan competes en route to winning the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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al Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan competes en route to winning the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan competes en route to winning the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan competes en route to winning the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific swimming championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific swimming championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming championships

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan celebrates after winning the men's 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific swimming championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming championships

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan celebrates during the medal ceremony after winning the men's 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific swimming championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific swimming championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026, alongside Americans Carson Foster (L) and Bobby Finke, who won silver and bronze, respectively.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan swims en route to winning the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming championships

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan celebrates during the medal ceremony after winning the men's 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific swimming championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan swims en route to winning the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan swims en route to winning the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan swims en route to winning the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan swims en route to winning the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Swimming: Pan Pacific swimming

Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan swims en route to winning the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Top 10 World Sports News Events In 2025

The World Aquatics Championships, held in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, produced three world records and 15 championship records in swimming events. Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh shone with four gold medals and one bronze. China's breaststroke specialist Qin Haiyang claimed two golds, one silver and one bronze, finishing as the only Asian swimmer in the gold medal standings. Then-12-year-old Yu Zidi earned bronze with China's women's 4x200m freestyle relay team, becoming the youngest swimming medalist at the worlds. This file photo taken on Aug. 3, 2025 shows Yu Zidi of China competing during the women's 400m individual medley final of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Photo by Xue Yuge/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM