Swimming Kosuke Hagino "Slow but this is the current situation" Men's 200m individual medley February 16 19:38
Swimming swimmer Kosuke Hagino participated in the men's 200-metre individual medley at the domestic tournament and finished second with 1'59.23. Hagino said that he was less than two months away from the Japan Championship, which will be the Tokyo Olympics selection competition, and said, "I think it is late but this is the current situation. I want to do my best every day."
On the second day of the domestic tournament held at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Pool, Hagino participated in a 200-metre individual medley that won a silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Hagino, who had taken a break last year because of a malfunction, returned to the race in August, but did not achieve the desired result. It was 4th place more than 14 seconds slower than Japan's record.
Hagino was second in the race in the final race on the 16th, despite being at the top of the early stages but unable to catch up with speed in the second backstroke he was good at.
The time was 1: 59.23, and did not reach the 1st and 25th in the "dispatch standard record" that needed to break through at the Japan Championships in April, the Tokyo Olympics preliminary round.
Hagino commented, "I was able to swim with all my strength, despite being painful. It's slow, but I think this is the current situation. I want to do it. "
Hagino will begin high-altitude training in Spain later this month, with the final run for the Japan Championship.