Kosuke Kitajima

By Hideki Mochizuki, Swimming World Japanese correspondent TOKYO, Japan, November 22. KOSUKE Kitajima completed his return to competition with a victory in the men's 50 breast at the Tokyo Swimming...  

By Hideki Mochizuki, Swimming World Japanese correspondent TOKYO, Japan, November 20. KOSUKE Kitajima returned to competition today at the Tokyo Swimming Center, where he first entered the sport at...  

By Hideki Mochizuki, Swimming World Japanese correspondent TOKYO, Japan, November 21. IN his second day of action, Kosuke Kitajima placed second in the 200 breast with a time of 2:14.31. Ryo Tatei...  

TOKYO, Nov. 21 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima settled for second in the 200 meters breaststroke final at a time trails meet in Tokyo on Saturday. Kit...  

TOKYO — 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 ...  

TOKYO, Nov. 20 (AP) - (Kyodo)—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 t...  

Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima marked his return to domestic competition with victory in the 100-meter breaststroke final at a time trials meet in Tokyo on Friday. Kitajima topped the heats in 1 minute, 2.22 seconds at Tokyo Swimming Center before going on to win the final in 1:01.91, well outside his national record of 58.91.  

Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima settled for second in the 200 meters breaststroke final at a time trials meet in Tokyo on Saturday. 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 record of 2:07.51.  

TOKYO (AP) — Double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima will return to competitive swimming next month for the first time since the Beijing Olympics . The 27-year-old Kitajima has entered the 50-, 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events at ...  

TOKYO - Double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima will return to competitive swimming next month for the first time since the Beijing Olympics. The 27-year-old Kitajima has entered the 50-, 100-and 200-metre breaststroke events at a Nov ...  

Japan's two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima has returned to competition after a break of 15 months on the road to the 2012 London Games. The 27-year-old swimmer swept all before him in time trials at the weekend in Fullerton ...  

LOS ANGELES, California, October 22. KOSUKE Kitajima has announced that he will return from his 15-month break during a meet held at the Tokyo Swimming Center next month according to Reuters. Kitajima...  

TOKYO (AP) - Double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima will return to competitive swimming next month for the first time since the Beijing Olympics. The 27-year-old Kitajima has entered the 50-, 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events at a ...  

TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Japan's multiple Olympic swimming champion Kosuke Kitajima will return to competition next month, ending a 15-month break since last year's Beijing Games. The 27-year-old will swim the 50, 100 and 200 metres breaststroke at ...