Swimming: Rikako Ikee reaches women's 100 butterfly semis at nationals

Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee, on her way back after battling leukemia, reached the final in the women's 100-meter butterfly on Saturday at the national championships, a Tokyo Olympics qualifier.The 20-year-old, competing at the nationals for the first time since being diagnosed with the disease in February 2019, placed third in the semifinals in 58.48 seconds at Tokyo Aquatics Centre, the Olympic swimming venue."I wanted to touch under 58.50 seconds in the semifinals and just managed that, so it was a good race," Ikee said on the first day of the eight-day meet.After returning to the …READ FULL ARTICLE