Swimming Rikako Ikee 4th in the Japan Student Championship Final 50m Freestyle October 1st 18:14
Rikako Ikee, a swimmer, participated in the Japan Student Championship, which started in Tokyo on the 1st, and finished 4th in the women's 50-meter freestyle final, marking 25.62 seconds.
Ikee, a second-year student at Nihon University, participated in a tournament held in Tokyo in August for the first time in about one year and seven months, and returned to the competition. I participated in the Japan Student Championship that started at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.
Ikee finished in the women's 50-meter freestyle qualifying in 25.87 seconds, finished 3rd out of 8 swimmers in the same group, and finished 6th overall and advanced to the final where 8 people competed.
After finishing the qualifying race, Ikee turned to the pool and gave a bow, and after that, he seemed to be impressed by showing his tears wiped by the pool.
In the final, which was held about two hours after the qualifying, he showed an aggressive swim from the beginning and participated in the high-ranking competition, and although he was in 4th place with no growth at the end, the time was shortened by 0 seconds 25 from the qualifying to 25 seconds. Marked 62.
"I definitely want to go out"
"I was really disappointed that I couldn't come up with this, so I will definitely revenge again."
When I left the venue for the Japan Student Championship last September, Ikee vowed so.
Ikee entered Nihon University in April last year, but he continued to be hospitalized for the treatment of leukemia, and it was this tournament that first appeared in public after announcing his illness.
With permission to leave the hospital temporarily, he visited the venue for three consecutive days from the first day to the last day of the tournament, cheered on the teammates of the swimming club with a megaphone in one hand, and the players of the same grade gave encouragement during the championship interview. I strengthened my desire to race with my friends throughout the tournament.
Then, in the return race in August, Ikee, who broke the standard participation record required to participate in the Japan Student Championship, said, "I've been here for the past year with the desire to definitely participate in the explosion. I want to explode my thoughts and show that I have achieved my goals. "
I realized that word.
The time for the final is ...
The 25.62 seconds that Ikee marked in the women's 50-meter freestyle final at this tournament is the time equivalent to 13th place in the domestic ranking last year.
Although it is less than his own Japanese record of 24.21 seconds, he not only participated in the race at this time, which is less than a year after finishing the hospitalization for about 10 months, but also set the top class time in Japan. Did.
Ikee evaluated his swimming ability as "about junior high school students" when he resumed training in the pool, but it can be seen that this race is steadily improving despite the short practice period. have become.
Going back to Ikee's past best record in the 50-meter freestyle
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26 seconds 46 in the first grade of
junior high school, 25 seconds 47 in the second grade of
junior high school
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▽ 24 seconds 74 in the third grade of junior high school, which broke the Japanese record at that time doing.