International Swimming League Ozeki defeats Rio gold medalist 1st place 100m breaststroke November 7 6:16
Yasuhiro Koseki defeated the gold medalist of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the men's 100-meter breaststroke in the international league of swimming in Hungary.
The International Swimming League, which started last year, is a team competition in which athletes from all over the world are divided into teams to race in a pool with a short waterway of 25 meters and compete for the total points given according to their ranking.
Japanese players are participating in a team called "Tokyo Frog Kings", and Ozeki, who holds a Japanese record, participated in the men's 100-meter breaststroke held on the second day of the 8th round of the qualifying league on the 6th.
The Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalist and British Adam Peaty also participated in the race, and Ozeki pulled with momentum from the start.
After that, Ozeki, who overcame Petty's catch-up, took first place with a time of 56.27 seconds.
Among other Japanese athletes, team captain Ryosuke Irie ranked first in the men's 100-meter backstroke at 49.82, and 20-year-old Suzuka Hasegawa ranked first in the women's 200-meter butterfly stroke at 2: 3: 53. became.
In the women's 400-meter individual medley, ace Yui Ohashi ranked first at 4: 25.53, and in the men's 400-meter individual medley, Kosuke Hagino shortened the record by 0 seconds 11 from the previous race. I became the 1st place and contributed to the team.
As a result, "Tokyo Frog Kings" finished in 3rd place out of the 4 teams that participated in the 8th round of the qualifying league, and decided to advance to the semi-finals with the 9th round starting on the 9th.