Even in a post-Olympic year, the spotlight is still there on the swimming pool.
Teenage phenoms Kosuke Hagino and Akihiro Yamaguchi are Japan's latest stars in swimming, and are expected to lead "Tobiuo Japan" for years to come.
Both received a lot of attention last year. Hagino won the bronze medal in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the London Games, and Yamaguchi, although he didn't go to Britain, broke the world record for the men's 200 breaststroke right after the Olympics. They accomplished those feats as high school seniors.
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