Para swimming Japanese championship 200m individual medley Tokai Hayashi wins November 23 19:34
A 20-year-old para swimming intellectual disability class who is appointed as the Tokyo Paralympic representative, Tokai Hayashi University, participated in the Japan Championship that started in Chiba Prefecture from 23rd and won the world record men's 200 meter individual medley Did.
Tokai Hayashi, who was diagnosed with autism at the age of four, won the gold medal after marking a world record of 2 minutes 8 seconds 16 at the World Championship in September, the men's 200-meter personal medley. I was selected as the representative of the Paralympic Games.
Tokai Hayashi participated for the first time after the World Championship in the Para Swimming Japan Championship that began in Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture on the 23rd, and faced a 200 meter individual medley.
Tokaibayashi, who was aiming for a new world record, drove speed with his favorite butterfly, but in the second half, he was tired and couldn't extend his time as he couldn't catch water.
Tokai Hayashi was 2 minutes 10 seconds 41, less than 2 seconds in the world record, but won the first time in 2 months as a tournament.
Tokai Hayashi said, “It was the first tournament in two months, so I thought I could have enjoyed swimming first. I thought that the world ’s mighty would change their world record, but I did n’t care too much and forgot to enjoy it. I want to continue to do this without a smile. "
In the intellectual disability class for men's 100 meter breaststroke, 19-year-old Naohide Yamaguchi, who has won a gold medal by setting a world record at the world championship, has a time of 1'7.37. I won the championship.