Swimming Men 200m Breaststroke 18-year-old “Shinsei” Sato wins January 26 20:47

The 18-year-old Shoma Sato, who has won a 200m breaststroke in a domestic tournament where top swimmers compete, has beat his former world record holder, Ippei Watanabe.

In this event, Sato was a growing Hope who set a world junior record in September last year, and on the last day of the “Kitajima Kousuke Cup” held at the Tatsumi International Swimming Pool in Tokyo, on the last day of the 26th, he went to a 200 meter breaststroke for men. We participated with world record holder Ippei Watanabe.

Sato passed the qualifying at the top, and even in the final, he took the lead in the first half with a swim that made use of his unique kick and overwhelmed Watanabe and updated his personal best marked last September for more than 1 second 2: 7: 58 And won.

Watanabe took the lead early in the game, but his pace slowed at the end of the race, and he was second with a time of 2: 7: 86.

Daiya Seto, who won the 400-metre men's individual medley on the 25th in a fast time approaching the Japanese record, set a 51.89 in the final in the 100-meter butterfly on the 26th and won his personal best for two consecutive days. Was.

Sato: "I want to win the Japan Championship Watanabe and decide on a representative."

After finishing, Shoma Sato looked at the time and smiled full.

"I can't really feel it because my time has shrunk at a stretch, but I'm growing well. I think it's because I got good practice at the year-end and new year training camps."

He also said that he would like to beat Ippei Watanabe to become the national champion for the Japan Olympics in April, which will be the Tokyo Olympics preliminary round.

Lost Watanabe "If you lose, you can not get a gold medal"

Ippei Watanabe said, "I knew that Sato was doing well and knew he was next to him on a 100-meter turn, but I tried to race myself. But it was plain. "

Then, "Isn't Japan the only one that can do such a high level race at this time? I think the Japanese Championship will be a very high level race, but if you are losing, you can not get a gold medal at the Olympics so I will do my best." I was tight.