Moreover, all Japan’s high-school swimming teams, water polo players and divers are getting ready to compete at the up-coming high-school championships to be held on August 17-20, 2010, in Okinawa (JPN). There is also a junior high-school championship for swimming and diving starting August 21-23, 2010, in Hiroshima (JPN). The high-school championships will be held in an outdoor 50-meter pool, featuring ten lanes. Water temperature is expected to be around 34-36 Celsius degrees. Competitors and coaches know hot days are coming and prepare to face both stormy and hot weather.
More aquatics news: Japan Diving Nationals were held on August 7-10, 2010, at the Tokyo-Tatsumi International Swimming Complex (T-TISC). Mai Nakagawa and Sho Sakai were the winners in both the 3m springboard and 10m platform, in the women’s field and men’s field respectively. On the lower board, one-meter, Sayaka Shibusawa took the gold among women and Yu Okamoto among men.
The Japan Synchro Challenge Cup 2010 was held successfully at the T-TISC on August 13-15, 2010, the aim of which is to reveal new talented synchro swimmers. A hopeful youth team was announced at the end of competition.
Upcoming at the end of the month are the Junior Olympic Cup Championships, which will take place at the T-TISC on August 27-30, 2010. This is one of the biggest aquatics events in Japan, comparable to the country’s Masters Swimming nationals.