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Katsuhiro Matsumoto led the men's 200m freestyle heats on day two of the Japan Swim, posting 1:46.94 in pursuit of World Championships qualification.
33-year-old Ryosuke Irie notched his 10th Japanese national title in the men's 100m backstroke en route to qualifying for his 8th World Championships.
With a few international superstars dominating their events globally, the American men will have sparingly-few opportunities at gold medals in Paris.
The 2023 Japan Swim is on the horizon with the all-important competition scheduled for Tuesday, April 4th through April 9th in Tokyo.
Olympic medalist Daiya Seto already hit the minimum time standard set by his federation for Fukuoka, but he'll need to do it again at the Japan Championships.