Hagino ranked first in the men's 400-meter individual medley in the International Swimming Championships October 26, 5:34

Kosuke Hagino took first place in the men's 400-meter individual medley of the international league of swimming competitions in team competitions, contributing to the team's points.

The International Swimming League is a prize money competition that was launched last year in a pool with a short waterway of 25 meters. Players from various countries and regions form teams to compete for points given by race results such as time differences.



Japanese players are participating as members of "Tokyo Frog Kings" where Kosuke Kitajima is the general manager.



This year's tournament was held in Hungary, and on the 25th, the first round of the "Tokyo Frog Kings", the third and second day of the qualifying league, was held.



Of these, Hagino, a gold medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, participated in the men's 400-meter individual medley, and when he took the lead in the first butterfly stroke, he showed a relaxed backstroke, which he was good at, and greatly separated the second place and below, and scored in the first place as it was. Won.



The time was 4: 2: 58, which was about 6 seconds behind his personal best, but he was 0 seconds 17 shorter than the FINA World Swimming Championships held on the 17th of this month.



Hagino said, "It was a race with a better feeling and a lot of harvest than at the Japan Championships. By competing with the world's strongest players, I would like to continue strengthening while receiving stimulation that can not be obtained by ordinary practice." Was there.



In addition, Katsuhiro Matsumoto's 200-meter freestyle men's 1st place with a time of 1'42.33, which is close to his own Japanese record of 0.23.



Suzuka Hasegawa set a good time of 2: 3: 12 in the women's 200m butterfly and finished first.



In the women's 400-meter individual medley, Yui Ohashi ranked first at 4: 26.13.



As a result, "Tokyo Frog Kings" was second among the four teams that participated in the third round of the qualifying league.



The next race will be Round 5 of the Qualifying League starting on the 30th of this month.