Kanako Watanabe wins silver medal at World Swimming Championships
Tue, Aug 4, 2015-
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First year student at the School of Sports Sciences Kanako Watanabe won the silver medal 200m medley bronze at the World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia.
Watanabe, who set a new record for Japan in the semifinals and once again in the finals, is the first Japanese swimmer to win a medal at this competition. Her victory is a display of the strength of Japan swimming.

Watanabe with manager of Waseda’s Swim Club Keisuke Okuno (left) and coach Yoshiaki Takemura

Watanabe at the Japan Swimming Championship in April (Courtesy of Waseda Sports Newspaper)