Participating in a competition for general high school students in Japan
The Japanese national team, which is holding a training camp in Shizuoka Prefecture, for the World Championship of Para Swimming, which is one of the representatives for the Tokyo Paralympic Games, participated in general high school students' competitions on the 24th and gained para-athlete top-level skills. I did it.
The Japanese national team of Para swimming will be training camp in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture next month for the World Championship in London, and participated in the general high school student competition as the last race before the World Championship on the 24th. .
Of these, Keiichi Kimura, who was blind in the Japanese ace who won four medals in the visual impairment class at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, participated in a 50-meter freestyle boy with his rival Tomita.
Kimura and Tomita participated in the race together, Kimura took the speed from the start and finished at the top of this group, and Tomita was third.
Kimura said, “We often learn by attending general tournaments, and it would be great if high school students could feel something by watching our swims. I hope that there will be more opportunities for disabled people to play an active part in the game. "
At the venue, the para-swimming athletes were greatly encouraged, and a second-year high school girl who raced with the athletes said, “I experienced swimming for the first time at the tournament, but I thought it was a great time. I want to see what kind of swimming I will do at Tokyo Paralympic Games next year. "