The "Japan Open", in which the top swimmers participate, was held on the 6th and 3rd day, and Kosuke Hagino won the men's 200m individual medley with a time of 1'58.14.

On the third day of the Japan Open for swimming competitions held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Koto-ku, Tokyo, the finals for the 9th men's and women's events were held.



Of these, the men's 200-meter individual medley, when Hagino, who advanced to the final in 2nd place in the qualifying, led in the backstroke, which he was good at in the first half, slowed down in the second half, but escaped as it was and won the championship at 1 minute 58 seconds 14.



On the other hand, Daiya Seto, who participated in this tournament as the first actual battle after the suspension of activities was lifted, was 8th.



Seto passed the qualifying for the men's 200m butterfly and the men's 200m individual medley in the morning at the top, but in the final, the 200m butterfly was third, and the men's 200m individual who swam 20 minutes later. The medley was very tired and was in 8th place at the bottom.



It is the result of other events.



Yui Ohashi won the women's 200-meter individual medley at 2: 09.59.



Hiroko Makino won the women's 200m butterfly at 2: 07.88.

Hagino "I was able to concentrate on switching"

Kosuke Hagino, who won the men's 200-meter individual medley, said, "I'm glad I was able to concentrate on one swim after switching from the 400-meter race, although the time wasn't fast."



On the 4th, Hagino finished 6th in the men's 400-meter individual medley on the first day of the tournament, more than 10 seconds behind his own Japanese record.



Last year, when I was suffering from a slump, I saw some bad results, but in the final race on the 6th, as advised by coach Norimasa Hirai, "Don't think too much about swimming, take the plunge." From the beginning, I cut off the bad flow by aggressive swimming.



It was about 3 seconds behind his own Japanese record, and he did not reach the Olympic dispatch standard record of 0.16 seconds, but Hagino said, "There are improvements in time and swimming, but I wonder if I did my best for the time being. I think. "



In this tournament, he fought with Daiya Seto in the second individual medley race for the first time in a long time, saying, "I felt that he was better than him, but I was frankly happy to be able to swim next to him. Until the representative selection in April. I have eight weeks. I want to close the gap and win the race, "he said, renewing his determination.

Seto "Restart from here"

Daiya Seto sometimes smiled during the post-race interview on the 6th, unlike the 4th, which was the first race after the suspension of activities was lifted.



Seto, who completed four races in one day, was at the bottom of the final of the men's 200-meter individual medley who participated last, lagging behind the seventh-placed player by more than three seconds, but in a post-race interview, "At this stage, I'm doing my best. I'm still lacking in practice, and I think I'll start again from here. If I do it well, I think I'll be able to return to my original self, so I'll do my best to die. "