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Swimming: Rikako Ikee takes 50 butterfly for 1st victory in comeback February 21, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee competes en route to winning the women s 50-meter butterfly final at the Tokyo Open in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2021, marking her first victory since coming back from leukemia treatment. (Pool photo/Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) Japan s Rikako Ikee won her first race since coming back from leukemia treatment, winning the Tokyo Open s women s 50-meter butterfly Sunday, and afterward said she will compete at April s national championships, which double as a Tokyo Olympic qualifying event. The 20-year-old was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019 and returned to racing last August. Competing in her strongest stroke, Ikee touched in 25.77 seconds at Tokyo s Tatsumi International Swimming Center.

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