KONAMI OPEN 2010 Competitive Swim Meet on January 16 and 17
to be Held Featuring 20 Members of Japan’s National Team
and Live Internet Broadcast of All Races

Konami Sports & Life Co.,Ltd. will hold KONAMI OPEN 2010 Competitive Swim Meet at Konami Sports Club Honten-Nishinomiya in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo on Saturday, January 16 and Sunday, January 17, 2010.

KONAMI OPEN is one of the few long course swim meets officially sanctioned by the Japan Swimming Federation and is open to swimmers that qualify.

Many members of the national team have participated in past competitions, and many others have become members of the national team. Several records have been broken as well, including national ones.

This will be the 26th KONAMI OPEN, to which 20 members of Japan’s national team that competed in the World Aquatics Championships this past summer have been invited, and a total of 763 athletes, including young up-and-coming swimmers, will gather for an exciting competition.

All the races from the preliminaries to the finals will be broadcast, so those who are unable to make it to the venue will be able to watch the heated races and witness records being broken from computers at home or other places.

Konami Sports & Life Co.,Ltd. will contribute to the further development of the sport of swimming in Japan and improved competitiveness by holding this event which will host a bevy of athletes, from elementary and junior high school swimmers with national team aspirations to world-class swimmers that go head-to-head with the very best.

<Event Overview>
Name	KONAMI OPEN 2010 Competitive Swim Meet
Location	Konami Sports Club Honten-Nishinomiya Official 50 m pool
Schedule	Saturday, January 16 and Sunday, January 17, 2010 ※Practice on day before
Organizers	Konami Sports & Life Co.,Ltd.
Lead organizer	Hyogo Swimming Federation
Official sponsors	Japan Swimming Federation
Sponsors	Hyogo Prefecture,Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education, Kozuki Foundation for Sports and Education
Co-sponsors	Descente Ltd., Mizuno Corp., Internet Initiative Japan Inc., Coca-Cola West Co.,Ltd., Yamamoto Corp., and others

 

Name	Affiliation	Events
MAKOTO ITO	MIZUNO SWIM TEAM	50 FREE	100 FREE
HARUKA UEDA	TOKYO SC	100 FREE	200 FREE
SHO UCHIDA	GUNMA SS	100 FREE	200 FREE	400 FREE
YUKA KATO	TOKYO SC	50 FLY	100 FLY
RIE KANATO	TOKAI UNIVERSITY	100 BREAST
SHIHO SAKAI	BRIDGESTONE SS	100 BACK	200 BACK
REN SATO	FUJIMURA SS	100 FREE	200 FREE
RYOJI SONONAKA	KIRARA YAMAGUCHI	400 FREE	1500 FREE
KEN TAKAKUWA	JSDF PHYSICAL TRAINING SCHOOL	200 IND MED	400 IND MED
RYO TAKAYASU	KONAMI	50 FLY	100 FLY
RYO TATEISHI	KEIO UNIVERSITY	50 BREAST	100 BREAST	200 BREAST
NANAKA TAMURA	KIRARA YAMAGUCHI	50 BREAST	100 BREAST	200 BREAST
AYA TERAKAWA	MIZUNO SWIM TEAM	100 BACK	200 BACK
HITOMI NOSE	ONOJO SC	50 BREAST	100 BREAST	200 BREAST
TOMOYO FUKUDA	KONAMI TAKASAKI	200 BACK	200 IND MED
TAKURO FUJII	KONAMI	100 FREE	200 FREE
YUYA HORIHATA	NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	400 FREE	200 IND MED	400 IND MED
TAKESHI MATSUDA	TOKAI SC	200 FREE	200 FLY
YAYOI MATSUMOTO	NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	50 FREE	100 FREE	200 FREE
YUI MIYAMOTO	FUJIMURA SS	100 FLY	200 FLY

 

<Broadcast>

KONAMI OPEN 2010 Competitive Swim Meet will be broadcast for the first time to allow real-time viewing from home. There will be no running commentary, but viewers will be able to enjoy the intense competition and atmosphere.

Instructions for viewing are as follows:

Select “Live Broadcast” on the special KONAMI OPEN website

Website URL: www.konamisportsclub.jp

※The broadcast was made possible through the cooperation of Internet Initiative Japan Inc.. ※The broadcast may not work on some computers and Internet connections. ※There is no fee for viewing.