Japanese Olympic champion and living legend Kosuke Kitajima, joined by other swimming sensations including the upandcoming 17-year-old star Kosuke Hagino, thrilled a large and lively crowd with a number of impressive performances during Japan Swim 2012. Five national records have been set thus far, with three of them comingfrom the womens side and the two others from the mens squad. The strong showing by both teams has been providing Japanese youth with a strong sense of Japan (also known as ) File:Flag of Japan.svg’s worldclass aquatics programme. Email: pressoffice@tokyo2020.jp