Word: konno
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Kure, Japan, Swimmer Hironoshin Furuhashi shaved nearly a second off the world's record for the 500-meter free style. His time: 5:55.8. Runners-up:Yale's John Marshall, Hawaii's Ford Konno...
Some 15,000 swim-happy fans fell tensely silent as the starter for the crucial 400-meter free-style event barked "Yoi [get set]!" Crouched alongside Marshall and Furuhashi were two other champion-caliber swimmers: the Hawaiian-born Nisei, Ford Konno, who had broken the world's 1,500-meter record the day before, and the U.S. Olympic ace, Jim McLane. They hit the water in unison...
...crowd was on its feet, screaming "Furuhashi, gambarel [Furuhashi, fight hard]!" The home-town boy chop-chopped to a furious pitch, splashed past Marshall at the 350-meter mark. McLane and Konno pulled ahead of him too, finished second and third...
...flying fish of Fujiyama" won by ten yards. His time: 4:33 1/5, a new world record. In the 800-meter, Furuhashi set another world record: 9:42 4/5, beating out Konno by three yards. Marshall churned home an unhappy third...