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35 shares There was less good news however for Laura Stephens, who finished outside the places for the final. China s Zhang Yufei, Boglarka Kapas from Hungary and the former s compatriot Yu Liyan took the top three positions. The 22-year-old Team GB star however finished in sixth with 2:09:49, with Brianna Throssell of Australia and Japan s Suzuka Hasegawa finishing above her. Thomas s Team GB team-mate Laura Stephens missed out after finishing sixth in heat Yufei therefore finished well clear of the rest of the field with Stephens coming home five tenths of a second outside the time she needed to reach the final. ....
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She just didn’t expect things to progress this quickly. The 20-year-old swimming star, who is recovering from leukemia, punched her ticket to the Tokyo Olympics something once thought impossible by winning the women’s 100-meter butterfly final at the national championships on Sunday. Ikee touched the wall in 57.77 seconds, which failed to meet the standard for qualification for the individual event at the Tokyo Games, but was lower than the time of 57.92 needed to qualify for the women’s medley relay. The top two finishers in each event who meet Olympic qualification marks at the trials automatically clinch berths for the Tokyo Games. ....
Swimmer Ikee wins Olympic relay spot after leukemia battle Today 06:15 am JST Today | 06:29 am JST TOKYO Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee said she didn t know what had just happened after qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics medley relay on Sunday, just two years after being diagnosed with leukemia. Ikee, who only resumed training in March last year after being hospitalised for around 10 months, won the 100-meter butterfly race at Japan s Olympic trials in Tokyo in a time of 57.77 seconds. That was not enough to earn her an individual spot at the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Games, but it did make her eligible for Japan s relay team, capping an incredible comeback for the 20-year-old. ....