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Golden boy Kitajima sets new target.

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| September 09, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri)

Golden boy Kitajima sets new target

Michael Church Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter

Yomiuri

Double Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima has set himself a new target--to reclaim his world records in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke.

Kitajima, who in Athens became Japan's first-ever double Olympic individual swimming champion and the first man to double up in the breaststroke events in Olympic history, is targeting the world marks he once held and which are currently owned by American Brendan Hansen.

"Even within myself I felt that Olympic gold was the highest goal I could aim for, so what will I go for in the future?" the Olympic champion …

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