Swimming race short waterway Japan Championship Men's 200m breaststroke Ippei Watanabe wins October 18th 19:51
Ippei Watanabe won the competition with 19-year-old Shouma Sato in the men's 200-meter breaststroke of the FINA World Swimming Championships in a 25-meter pool, winning his personal best of 2: 2: 91. did.
The short waterway Japan Championship held at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center was held on the 18th, the second day of the competition.
Of these, in the men's 200-meter breaststroke, attention was focused on the battle between Watanabe and Sato, a growing stock at the age of 19.
Watanabe's 200-meter breaststroke final was the fourth race on the 18th, and he was aggressively chasing Sato who came forward from the beginning, but when he turned almost at the same time as Sato at the last 25 meters, the end was Taking advantage of his endurance, he pushed it out and won the championship at 2: 2: 91, which was his personal best.
Sato was second with a time of 2: 3: 40.
Watanabe "I will never lose" Sato "It doesn't make sense if I don't win"
Watanabe, who won the men's 200-meter breaststroke, said, "I'm glad I was able to swim four races with my personal medley and win the last race with my best. I know I'm competing with Sato at the last 25 meters. However, I swam with the feeling that I would never lose because I swam in the same race. "
On the other hand, Sato said that he was not good at the turns and lifting movements that influence the short waterway race, and said, "I tried to attack from the first half, but the future task is to be overtaken in the second half. I'm competing, but it doesn't make sense if I don't win, so I'd like to repay this debt at the Japan Championships in December. "
Other results Japan record breaks in the second event
On the 18th, a new record in Japan was set for the second event, and Yui Ohashi won the women's 200m individual medley at 2:05:09.
Takeshi Kawamoto won the men's 100-meter butterfly in 49.54 seconds.
Both are the first Japanese record breaks I had in two years.
In addition, Katsuhiro Matsumoto won the men's 100m freestyle at 46.94 seconds, and Kosuke Hagino won the men's 200m individual medley at 1:52:73.
Of these, Ohashi said on his 25th birthday on the 18th, "I was thinking of going aggressively from the first half, but I was moving better than I expected and I was getting faster. I was a little sick in the last freestyle. The self-scoring is 95 points. The 25-year-old got off to a good start, "he said with a smile.
Ohashi is expected to play an active role as a Japanese women's ace for the Tokyo Olympics, but since there were times when he couldn't set the record as he expected, he set a new personal best despite the short waterway race. "Until now, I didn't know what it was like to get the best out of it, and I didn't have the feeling to overcome it. I was able to attack and felt the progress of the last two years," he said, and he seemed to get a response.
Ohashi decided to participate in the international swimming league that started in Hungary this month, saying, "I've been wandering all the time, but I've found the answer. I got a very good feeling at this tournament, so I'd like to go further. I want to work hard and have a good match with the top players from overseas. "