In the sports comeback story of 2021, Japanese swimming superstar Rikako Ikee made an inspiring return to compete in the Tokyo Olympics after her long treatment for leukemia. Ikee, 21, could not have ...

Rikako Ikee from Japan swims in Olympics heats in the women's 4 x 100 m freestyle at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Japanese swimming prodigy Rikako Ikee made her Tokyo Summer Olympics debut Saturday ...

19-year-old Rikako Ikee of Japan posted to Instagram on Tuesday that she was back in the pool for the first time in 406 days after a year-long battle with leukemia. She was discharged from the ...

A decision by the Japanese Swimming Federation to restrict the number of swimmers allowed at any meet to between 32 and 40 competitors may hasten the race-comeback plans of sprint ace Rikako Ikee, who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this July 23, 2020, file photo, Japanese swimming athlete Rikako Ikee holding the lantern containing Olympic flame poses ...

Leukaemia survivor Rikako Ikee completed a clean sweep of four wins at Japan's Olympic swimming trials on Saturday -- but missed out on an individual place at the Tokyo Games. Ikee, who only resumed ...

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2018, file photo, Japan's Rikako Ikee holds up her gold medal after winning the women's 50m freestyle final during the swimming competition at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, ...

She has not said if she plans to rethink and compete in Tokyo next year Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee has registered for a competition in Tokyo this month, her first since her shock diagnosis ...