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2011 AT&T Winter National Championships - Day 3

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2011 AT&T Winter National Championships - Day 2

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Swimming Day Sixteen - 14th FINA World Championships

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Swimming Day Fourteen - 14th FINA World Championships

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Swimmer Kitajima sets third Japan record

By BionicBong on | From bionicbong.com

Two-time double Olympic gold medallist Kosuke Kitajima set a third new national record in three attempts to bring down the curtain on Japan’s short course swimming championships Sunday. The 28-year-old from Tokyo, who set a new national record in winning the men’s 100-metre breaststroke on Saturday, easily won the 50m with a time of 26.68 seconds, ahead of Koichiro Okazaki and Akihide Kawakubo. Kitajima, winner of the 100m and 200m in the Athens and Beijing Olympics, completed his national...Read Full Story

Olympic Gold Medalist Kosuke Kitajima Trained Using The Nintendo Wii

By carnitas on | From machochip.com

Japan's Kosuke Kitajima won the gold medal in the Men's 100m breaststroke. Great. Good for him, right? Well, when you consider that he used Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games as part of his training repertoire, you begin to respect his gamer creds. You know, in addition to the fact that he's a tremendous athlete. Yes, Kitajima actually said that it's the prefect mental training for envisioning the Olympic hall. So next time someone rags on you for playing too much Wii , tell them that...Read Full Story

China tops medal table, Japanese swimmer sets record

By yours on | From apakistannews.com

Beijing: China is still on the top in points table in Beijing Olympics as Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima won the men’s 200- meter breaststroke on Thursday morning for his second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. Also a winner in the 100 breaststroke on Monday, Kitajima lowered his own Olympic record by nearly a second to 2 minutes, 7.64 seconds. He won both breaststroke events at the 2004 Athens Olympics as well. “I am so relieved,” said Kitajima, also the world record holder. “I was going to...Read Full Story

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EROS RAMAZZOTTI Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti (born on October 28, 1963), known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italian singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti, who is one of the most popular artists in Italy is well known not only in most non English-speaking European countries but also in most of the Spanish-speaking world as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish. Since 1984, he has released 11 studio albums, one EP, two compilation albums, two live albums as well as 35...Read Full Story

Hansen takes down Kitajima at U.S. Nationals

By Unisports on | From universalsports.com

Brendan Hansen and Kosuke Kitajima raced each other for the first time since the Beijing Olympics. The old rivals didn't pay much attention to each other Friday night.Read Full Story

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Japanese Swimmer Kosuke Kitajima Aims for More Olympic Gold in London

Kosuke Kitajima, the double gold medalist in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke races at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympic Games, is training for what he hopes will be a three-peat medal sweep in his discipline at the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympic ...

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Tateishi tells Kitajima to bring it on for Olympic qualifying

Ryo Tateishi laid down the gauntlet to two-time double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima after obliterating the field in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the national short-course championships on Sunday. Tateishi, who broke Kitajima's record in the 100 breaststroke a day earlier, won in 2 minutes, 3.82 seconds, more than 2.5 seconds faster than runner-up Yukihiro Takahashi.

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Kitajima claims first victory of year

Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima won his first race of 2012 in taking the 200 meters at a time-trials meet in Fullerton, California, on Sunday. Kitajima topped the heats before clocking a mediocre time of 1 minute, 58.80 seconds in the 25-yard short-course pool.

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Swimming-Japan unveil 'new Kitajima' for London Olympics

Swimming-Japan unveil 'new Kitajima' for London OlympicsYahoo! Eurosport UKJapan have unveiled 17-year-old swimmer Akihiro Yamaguchi, labelling him the 'next Kosuke Kitajima' and predicting he could make a big splash at this year's London Olympics. The raw teen, who has won a world junior title in the 200 metres breaststroke, ...

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'New Kitajima' set to spring London shock

Japan has unveiled 17-year-old swimmer Akihiro Yamaguchi, labeling him the "next Kosuke Kitajima" and predicting he could make a big splash at this year's London Olympics.

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