The Japan Swimming Federation has been the only opportunity to decide on a candidate for the right to be selected by the Japanese athletes in April next year regarding the selection of representatives for the Tokyo Olympics in swimming, except for the case where some athletes could not participate in the new coronavirus. As a result, we have announced a new standard that allows the records of the national competition to be held in February next year to be selected.
The Japan Swimming Federation has positioned the Japan Championships, which will be held for eight days from April 3rd next year, as the only selection for the representative selection of the Tokyo Olympics for swimming, and has broken the standard dispatch record in the finals of each event. I have decided to make the player of
Regarding this, the Japan Swimming Federation announced new selection criteria based on the spread of infection in Japan on the 25th, and while maintaining the policy of selecting players in the final of the Japan Championship as before, it will be infected with the new coronavirus. Exceptionally, the record of the Japan Open in February will be selected for the athletes who were not able to participate in the Japan Championships due to the influence of.
In addition, at the Japan Championships in April, in order to prevent crowding at the venue, we will set a high standard participation record, reduce the number of participating athletes by 30% compared to the past, and take measures to reduce the number to about 450.