Swimming: Rikako Ikee finishes 4th in 2nd event of competitive comeback

Rikako Ikee, who is making a competitive comeback after being diagnosed with leukemia last year, finished fourth in the women's 50-meter freestyle at Japan's Inter College Swimming Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.The 20-year-old clocked 25.62 seconds at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center while returning to the pool for the second time since revealing her cancer diagnosis in February 2019.Ikee swam her first race in nearly 19 months in late August at a meet organized to give athletes a chance to compete following the cancellation of other meets this year due to the coronavirus pa…READ FULL ARTICLE