Para swimming Japanese championship rival confrontation Kimura will control November 24 17:47
Para-Swim Japan Championship is held in Chiba Prefecture, and in the men ’s 100-meter butterfly visual impairment class, Keiichi Kimura and Silver Medal Tomita, who are gold medals, competed in rival confrontation in September World Championship. Did.
The competition will be held in Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture, and the Japanese ace Kimura who won the gold medal at the World Championships in September and decided to be the representative of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, in the men's 100-meter butterfly's most visually impaired class. And silver medal Tomita player participated.
In the race where the two rivals faced off, Kimura showed a positive swim from the first half, saying, “I decided to take the plunge.” However, in the second half, the team lacked growth, saying, “It was hard,” and finished at 1 minute 2 seconds 55, which was 1 second slower than Japan ’s record.
On the other hand, Tomita, who was working on improving the form and turn after the World Championship, caught up with Kimura, but it was just 1 minute, 2 seconds 85.
After the race, Kimura said, “It was a bit of a pain, and it was disappointing at the end. I would like to make a good record somewhere next year and confidently go up to the start of the Tokyo Paralympics.” It was.
Tomita said, “I was very disappointed because I was able to beat Kimura, who was able to swim in my best time. I would like to practice further to improve my level.”
In addition, Tomomi Ishiura, who finished 5th in the World Championship in the 50m freestyle visual impairment class for women, marked a new record of 31.36 Japan.