Tag: Naoya Tomita

  • Naoya Tomita found guilty of stealing camera at Asian Games

    Naoya Tomita found guilty of stealing camera at Asian Games

    A South Korean court has found Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita guilty of stealing a camera at the Incheon Asian Games in September last year. The district court in Incheon fined Tomita 1 million won (about $890), as called for by prosecutors. Tomita had initially admitted to the charge of stealing the camera, which belonged to…

  • Japan’s swimmer Tomita on trial for camera theft

    Japan’s swimmer Tomita on trial for camera theft

    Disgraced Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita appeared in a South Korean court Monday on charges of stealing a journalist’s camera at the Asian Games in September. Tomita, a gold medallist at the 2010 Asian Games, was booted out of last year’s event in the western port city of Incheon after paying a one million won ($950)…

  • Naoya Tomita Denies Stealing Camera at Asian Games

    Naoya Tomita Denies Stealing Camera at Asian Games

    A Japanese swimmer accused of stealing a camera during the Asian Games in South Korea in September denied the allegations on Thursday, saying an unidentified male forcefully put it in his bag. Naoya Tomita, 25, was expelled from Japan’s swimming team on Sept. 27 following investigations over a missing camera at the Incheon games. He…

  • Naoya Tomita plans to deny stealing camera

    Naoya Tomita plans to deny stealing camera

    Swimmer Naoya Tomita, who was summarily indicted for stealing a camera at last month’s Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, plans to deny committing the theft, according to an informed source. Tomita, 25, intends to give an explanation of what happened at a news conference on Nov. 6 in Nagoya. According to the indictment, he…

  • Naoya Tomita 1½-year ban from Japan Swimming for stealing camera at Asiad

    Naoya Tomita 1½-year ban from Japan Swimming for stealing camera at Asiad

    The Japan Swimming Federation on Tuesday suspended Naoya Tomita until March 31, 2016 for stealing a camera during the recent Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. The 25-year-old swimmer admitted to stealing a camera owned by the Yonhap News Agency left at poolside in the press section by a South Korean reporter. He was kicked…

  • Naoya Tomita ejected from Asiad in disgrace for stealing camera

    Naoya Tomita ejected from Asiad in disgrace for stealing camera

    A Japanese swimmer has been kicked out of the Asian Games and will have to pay his own way back home after being charged by police for stealing a camera from a South Korean journalist. Naoya Tomita, a gold medallist from Guangzhou in 2010 but outside the medals in Incheon, had been captured by video…

  • The Stockholm 2011 World Cup startlist is ready

    Exciting stuff, our guy Pál Joensen will be competing against Paul Biedermann in the 400 free, and is the favorite in the 1500. Other interesting names are for instance Geoff Huegill and Eamon Sullivan from Australia, Therese Alshammar and Stefan Nystrand from Sweden, Ingvild Snildal and Alexander Dale Oen from Norway, David Verraszto and Zjuzsanna…