Swimming Seto Change coach for "I want to approach differently" 22:59 April 23

Daiya Seto, the only Japanese swimmer who has been nominated as a representative of the Tokyo Olympics, has coached him so far as he wanted to take a different approach toward the event that was postponed next year. Clarified to change.

Seto won the second medley at the World Championship last year and decided to be a representative of the Tokyo Olympics. Even after entering this year, we have maintained a good performance by marking a new Japanese record with a 200-meter butterfly.

According to the management company, Seto has canceled the combination with coach Takayuki Umehara, who has been instructed by 5th grade elementary school students, saying that "I want to take a different approach" toward the competition after the Olympics have been postponed for one year. And change to another coach.

Seto had been considering changing coaches since the end of the Olympic Games for a long time, but after discussing with Umehara coach, this decision was reached.

Seto is currently training at home because the National Sports Science Center in Kita-ku, Tokyo has been suspended due to the new coronavirus, so he will officially decide on a new coach within the next month. about it.