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2025 JAPAN OPEN
Friday, November 28th – Sunday, November 30th Tokyo Aquatics Center LCM (50m) Meet Central SwimSwam Preview Live Results LivestreamThe 2025 Japan Open kicked off today from the Tokyo Aquatics Center with a host of domestic talent taking on athletes from Canada, Australia and beyond.
The three-day competition comes just days ahead of the ‘Australia vs The World’ meet headed to Brisbane on December 12th.
Making her presence known right off the bat in the women’s 200m fly was 25-year-old Brittany Castelluzzo.
The Aussie stopped the clock at a speedy 2:06.96 to take the gold, hitting the 3rd-best time of her career in the process.
Opening in 1:00.46 and closing in 1:06.50, Castelluzzo scored the sole time of the field under the 2:07 threshold.
Fellow Aussie Elizabeth Dekkers, the 21-year-old two-time World Championships medalist in this event, settled for silver in 2:07.59 and Hiroko Makino of the host nation rounded out the podium in 2:08.31.
As for Castelluzzo, her personal best remains at the 2:06.86 put up at this year’s Australian National Championships; however, she was just .10 outside that mark with tonight’s performance. She now checks in as the 3rd-swiftest female on the planet thus far this season.
2025-2026 LCM Women 200 FLY
Chen CHNLuying 11/142:05.452Yu ZidiCHN2:06.5711/143Zhang YufeiCHN2:07.9011/144Yu LiyanCHN2:08.1611/145Lu FanzhuoCHN2:08.2811/14View Top 26»22-year-old Genki Terakado was too quick to catch in the men’s edition of the 200m fly, posting a winning effort of 1:54.87.
Terakado split 54.22/1:00.65 to keep So Ogata at bay, with Ogata touching next in 1:55.39 followed by Keo Fukada who rounded out the podium in 1:55.90.
Terakado entered this competition ranked 4th in the world, courtesy of the 1:55.66 logged at this month’s Japanese Adult Swimming Championships. His sub-1:55 outing here bumps him up to now rank #2 in the world, encroaching on his lifetime best of 1:54.07 notched at last year’s Trials to place him on Japan’s Paris squad.
2025-2026 LCM Men 200 FLY
FangCHNXu 11/131:54.742Ei KamihataJPN1:55.3909/053SoOgataJPN1:55.5009/054Genki TerakadoJPN1:55.6611/015Hiroto KawanoJPN1:55.8709/05View Top 26»On-the-rise 20-year-old Edward Sommerville put on a show in the men’s 200m free, posting a swift result of 1:45.34.
That beat 18-year-old Tatsuya Murasa, the reigning World Championships bronze medalist in this event, with Murasa snagging silver in 1:46.08.
Fellow Aussie Kai Taylor touched in 1:46.25 for vvronze and teammate William Petric placed 4th in 1:47.00.
Sommerville of Brisbane Grammar owns a lifetime best of 1:44.93 in this event, a time he logged at the World Championship Trials to become Australia’s 4th-best performer in history. There in Singapore, he placed 17th in 1:46.72 but landed on the podium with a bronze in the men’s 4x200m free relay.
Tonight’s performance represents Sommerville’s 2nd-best ever and now renders him the world’s #3 performer thus far this season. Murasa already appeared within the rankings due to the 1:45.62 notched at September’s Japanese Intercollegiate Championships.
2025-2026 LCM Men 200 FREE
HwangKORSUNWOO10/181:43.922Zhang ZhanshuoCHN1:44.8611/123Tatsuya MurasaJPN1:45.6209/054Ji Xinjie CHN1:45.9611/125Pan Zhanle CHN1:46.3711/12View Top 23»34-year-old Satomi Suzuki continues to show no signs of stopping, with the Olympic veteran taking the women’s 100m breaststroke event.
Tonight, the medalist from the 2012 Games in London posted a time of 1:06.92 to beat the field, with the top 3 performers all hailing from different nations.
Runner-up status went to Canada’s Sophie Angus who stopped the clock at 1:07.06, just .01 ahead of Hong Kong’s multi-Olympic medalist Siobhan Haughey who nabbed bronze in 1:07.07.
16-year-old Sienna Toohey of Australia was just over half a second off the podium, placing 4th in 1:07.63.
Suzuki finished 4th in this 1breast event at this year’s World Championships, turning in a time of 1:05.78 in Singapore. As for Haughey, the versatile 28-year-old recently competed at the 2025 Chinese National Games, where she took home a quartet of medal,s including 200m free and 100m free gold.
World Junior record holder Shin Ohashi found success in the men’s 100m breast, clocking a time of 59.38 to grab the gold.
The 16-year-old opened in 27.89 and closed in 31.49 to score one of two sub-minute results in the field.
Joining him under the barrier was Reo Okura who notched 59.84. Yu Hanaguruma registered 1:00.06 as the bronze medalist.
Ohashi has been on a roll this year, ripping new WJR’s of 58.94 and 2:06.91 in the boys’ 100m and 200m breaststroke events, respectively. He landed on the podium in all three breaststroke distances at this year’s World Junior Championships, claiming 50m breast bronze, 100m breast silver and 200m breast silver.
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21-year-old open water ace Ichika Kajimoto got it done for gold in the women’s 800m free, stopping the clock at a time of 8:30.78. That was enough to hold off Airi Ebina, who settled for silver less than a second back in 8:31.5,4 while Molly Walker of Australia rounded out the podium in 8:31.74. The trio represented the top tier in the race, beating the pack by over 12 seconds. Kajimoto earned gold in the 3k open water knockout sprints, as well as 5k bronze at this year’s World Championships. Her time here renders her the world’s 5th-quickest 800m free performer on the season. The men’s 1500m free saw Aussie Benjamin Goedemans get to the wall first, registering a gold medal-worthy result of 15:01.82. That narrowly defeated Kaito Tabuchi, who touched a hair behind in 15:01.97. Kazushi Imafuku finished well back in 15:14.94 for the bronze. Goedemans’ effort checks in as the 3rd-best of his career, one which boasts a PB of 14:52.99 from this year’s World Championship Trials. His time tonight ranks Goedemans 3rd in the world this season.2025-2026 LCM Men 1500 FREE
ZhangCHN Zhanshuo11/1714:52.732Fei LiweiCHN14:56.0811/173Kim WoominKOR15:03.4311/054Li ChengyuCHN15:03.5011/175Zhang ZiyangCHN15:04.3211/17View Top 13» 22-year-old Jenna Forrester, the reigning 400m IM World Championships silver medalist, reaped gold in the women’s 200m free, turning in a time of 1:58.90. She held a healthy advantage over Canada’s Brooklyn Douthwright, who was next to the wall in 1:59.34. Nagisa Ikemoto bagged the bronze in 1:59.65. Of note, Canadian Olympian Taylor Ruck was also in the contest, finishing in 6th place with a mark of 2:00.30. Canada’s Ingrid Wilm clocked a pair of sub-minute outings in the women’s 100m back today. She claimed the top seed out of the heats with a 59.99, then lowered that further to 59.36 to take the gold. Iona Anderson of Australia hit 59.92 as the only other sub-minute performer. Miri Sakai rounded out the podium in 1:00.35 tonight. The men’s 100m back saw the host country’s Hidekazu Takehara beat the pack, registering a season-best of 53.96. Yusuke Sato touched in 54.35 as the silver medalist and Mahiro Kohigashi bagged the bronze in 54.64 in the contest. Takehara now slides up the world rankings to take slot #5 on the season.Read the full story on SwimSwam: Sommerville Hits 1:45.34 200 Free To Kick Off 2025 Japan Open
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