Para swimming world championship opening London Tokyo Para participation entering September 9 22:29
The World Championships for Para Swimming, which will be announced at the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year, opened in the UK on the 9th. 14 Japanese players will compete against the world's powerhouses for the Tokyo Paralympics.
The Para Swimming World Championship will be held in London from 9 to 7 days, with 650 players from around 80 countries and regions and 14 from Japan.
The player who won the tournament will be selected as the representative of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, and if he enters the second place, he will be given a place in Japan.
From the first day of the tournament, Japanese players started the race, and in the 50m freestyle visual impairment class for men, Keiichi Kimura (28), who won the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, and Asada Tomita (30), who first played. I will participate.
Watch out if you can get in the 2nd place and get the first Japanese national team's national team appointment and participation.
▽ In the 50m freestyle visual impairment class for women, Tomomi Ishiura, who has a Japanese record,
▽ A 16-year-old Yumi Kitano, who won the gold medal at last year's Asian Para Games, will appear in the women's 200m freestyle intellectual disability class.
The Para World Championship will be held until the 16th of Japan time, and as a prelude to the Tokyo Paralympic Games, it will be tested how far Japan can fight against the world's powerhouses.