Swimming race aiming for gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics Matsumoto Updated personal best outside the specialty September 13 20:03
Katsuhiro Matsumoto, a swimmer who aims to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics next year, set a new personal best by participating in the men's 100-meter butterfly, which is not a specialized event, at a competition held in Chiba Prefecture.
Matsumoto, who specializes in freestyle swimming, won the silver medal, the first Japanese player to win the men's 200m freestyle at last year's world championships, and is aiming to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Matsumoto participated in the men's 100-meter butterfly, which is not a specialized event, at the tournament held in Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture on the 13th.
Matsumoto was 1 meter 86 centimeters tall and weighed 85 kilograms, and he flew aggressively from the first half with a dynamic swim, and won the championship with a time of 52 seconds 49, which was a personal best of 0.85 seconds.
Regarding the aim of participating in non-specialized events, Matsumoto said, "I feel cramped even if I only appear in my specialty, so I decided to give priority to enjoying swimming. I am happy because it was faster than I expected." I told you.
He said that he was worried about whether it would be held for the next year's Olympics, so he said, "There are some parts that I can't overcome the feeling that I started for the Olympics at this time last year." I took a peek.
On top of that, "If the event changes, my thinking will change, and I feel like I'm facing swimming. I think it's important to enjoy non-specialized events while thinking about the path to the gold medal." He revealed that he is conducting trial and error to maintain his motivation.