Japanese swimming star Ikee Rikako has returned to competition for the first time in 19 months after revealing she had leukemia early last year.
She took part in the women's 50-meter freestyle on Saturday in a meet held at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.
Japanese swimming star Ikee Rikako delivered a speech at an event marking the start of the one-year countdown to the Tokyo Olympics.
The Tokyo organizing committee held the closed-door event on Thursday at the National Stadium, the main venue for the games.
Japanese swimming star Ikee Rikako has invited media to view her training in a pool after her treatment for leukemia.
Ikee revealed her leukemia diagnosis in February last year. The 19-year-old left hospital last December and resumed training in mid-June after a pause due to the coronavirus outbreak.