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Water polo: National head coach Kan Aoyagi eyes medal at 2030 Asian Games

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Japanese national goalkeeper Katsuyuki Tanamura conducting a workshop to local water polo players at Our Tampines Hub. He was in Singapore for about a month giving clinics and helping with the national team's training sessions.

Japanese national goalkeeper Katsuyuki Tanamura conducting a workshop to local water polo players at Our Tampines Hub. He was in Singapore for about a month giving clinics and helping with the national team's training sessions.

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SINGAPORE – For decades, Singapore had been water polo kingpins in the region but were always found wanting against Asian heavyweights like China, Japan and Kazakhstan.

National head coach Kan Aoyagi, however, is feeling bullish about the team’s potential after taking over in March 2021 and has set ambitious targets for the Republic to clinch a medal at the 2030 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.

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