SWIMMING
•JAPANESE COACH ABROAD IMPROVEMENT IX BRAZILIAN PERFORMERS The first Japanese coach to b> sent abroad by the Japa,nc.se Swimming Federation is Takahiro Saito, tin* noted coach wlk> developed Hiroshi Ncganii, who visit :d Brazil last yea 1 * at the di,vital ion of the Brazilian Navy’-; Athletic Association, 'flu standard of the Brazilian, swimmers,. both men and women, showed remarkable progress following Sailo’s arrival in that country. Piaetkcdly all of the swimming records of Brazil were bettered by the swimmers who underwent his training. Saito was once the back-stroke champion of Japan. He was also a member of the .swimming Earn sent to the eighth Olympic- Games in 1921 in Paris, and a nicmbc. ’ of the '.swinimbi,g dekgaton to thi'l. Far Eastern Championship Games. Based on his experience and Ids knowledge of the .strokes by veterans of various countries, he has developed his own stroke, one which has drone much to advance Japan's swimming.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12887, 13 June 1936, Page 11
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154SWIMMING Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12887, 13 June 1936, Page 11
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