Superhuman Energy Of Japanese Swimmer
NEW YORK, August 21 (Rec. 11 a.m.). —Almost superhuman energy brought the Japanese swimming champion, Hironoshin Furuhashi, his victories in the United States national swimming championships at Los Angeles, says his coach, Massaji Kiyokawa, who was the Olympic backstroke champion in 1932. The Associated Press described Furuhashi as one of swimming’s immortals and placed him above Weismuller, Crabbe, Smith and Jany. Experts say the basic difference between the Japanese and American swimming styles is that the Japanese use their backs and the Americans mostly their arms.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 August 1949, Page 5
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