“Swimming marathon” girl 34-year-old Takata wins the final qualifying session 22 September 19:24
The Open Water Swimming Japan Championship, also known as the “Swimming Marathon”, was held in Chiba Prefecture, and 34-year-old Hiromi Kimida won the championship for women, and was decided to be the representative of Japan for the final qualifying round of the Tokyo Olympics to be held next May. did.
Open water swimming is an event called “Swimming Marathon” that swims on courses such as the sea.
On the 22nd, the Japanese Championship held in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture, was contested by both men and women for 10 kilometers.
The race consists of six laps of a 1.6 kilometer course made by floating a buoy on the sea.
In the women's race held in the morning, 34-year-old Takada who participated in the July world championship put it in the lead group right after the start.
Mr. Takata stood at the top from the middle of the fifth lap, which was about 2 km, and won 2 hours 7 minutes 50 seconds 8.
Mr. Kimita and the second-placed player Minami Arakura were selected as the representative of Japan for the World Final Qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics held in Fukuoka next May.
Kimi said, “The waves were high, so I finally played the game while preserving my physical strength. I thought I would be retired if I couldn't get the final qualifying. I wanted to put it on. "
In the boys, 23-year-old Sota Toyoda, the representative of the Kotono World Championship, won in 1 hour 59 minutes 5 seconds 5 and was decided to be the representative of the final qualifier together with 2nd place Dainobu Minamide.