Kitajima sets breastroke record
2012-04-04
Fabio Terrone
Kosuke Kitajima set a new 100m breaststroke Asian record of 58.90 at Japan nationals

TOKYO - Kosuke Kitajima set a new Asian record at Japan national championshps at the Tatsumi International Pool in Tokyo.

He swam the 100 metres breaststroke in a time of 58.90 ahead of Ryo Tateishi in 59.60, second best in the world so far this year and good enough for a ticket to London 2012.

Following is the new 2012 top 5:

58.90 Kosuke Kitajima JPN
59.60 Ryo Tateishi JPN
59.91 Christian Sprenger AUS
1:00.04 Gless Snyders NZL
1:00.09 Daniel Sliwinski GBR