It was revealed that Rikako Ikee, a swimmer who has returned to the competition from leukemia, has entered the fourth event, including the women's 100-meter freestyle at the Japan Championships next month.
This year's Japan Championships will be held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Koto-ku, Tokyo, from April 3rd to 10th, which also serves as the representative selection for the Tokyo Olympics.
Regarding this tournament, Ikee announced on the 10th that he entered the 4th event through the management company, including 100m freestyle and 50m freestyle, and 100m butterfly and 50m butterfly which is not an Olympic event.
For the tournament, Ikee said, "My goal is to remain in the finals in all the events I participate in." I would like to practice and reach the race. I would be happy if you could see me swimming with all my strength. "
Ikee was impressed that he is steadily regaining his strength by marking a good time equivalent to advancing to the final of the adult world championship at the 50-meter butterfly of the tournament held in Tokyo last month.
In this Japan Championship, it is a condition of the Tokyo Olympics representative to be in the second place after breaking the dispatch standard record set by the Japan Swimming Federation, but Ikee has set the goal of participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Last year, I returned to the competition, and when I was interviewed last month, I said about the Tokyo Olympics, "I want to do my best if there is a possibility, but I have always said that my goal is the Paris Olympics, and I sincerely think so. I was talking.