Typically, debates rage over who is the greatest athlete in a particular stroke. When it comes to the men’s breaststroke events, there is no question. Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima has a firm handle on ...

BEIJING, China -- Japan's Kosuke Kitajima defended his 100-meter breaststroke title in a world-record time today, and Australia's Libby Trickett won the women's 100-meter butterfly. Kitajima finished ...

(Reuters) - Japan's new breaststroke sensation Akihiro Yamaguchi has set his sights on emulating four-times Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima after breaking the 200 metres world record on Saturday. The ...

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima demolished the world record to become the first swimmer to win Olympic 100 meters breaststroke gold at successive Games on Monday. Kitajima, who won both ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima failed in his bid to win a third breaststroke double, coming fifth in a 100 meters race that broke a world record and saw U.S. arch-rival ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Japanese Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima capitalized on the absence of American rival Brendan Hansen to win the men's 200 meters breaststroke final at the world championships on ...

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - Shares of Japanese swimwear makers Mizuno <8022.T>, Asics <7936.T> and Descente <8114.T> sank on Monday after Olympic gold medallist Kosuke Kitajima shattered a world record ...

Brendan Hansen lowered his own world record in the 200-meter breaststroke for the second time in two weeks, beating Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima of Japan at the Pan Pacific Championships Sunday ...