Before the Japan Championships, which will be the Tokyo Olympics representative selection for swimming, will start next week, Ippei Watanabe will practice publicly, set a new world record in the men's 200-meter breaststroke, and show his enthusiasm to win the unofficial decision. It was.
Watanabe, who aims to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, will open his practice in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture before the Japan Championships, which will be a one-shot match representative selection, will start on the 3rd of this month, and will breaststroke at a tempo that assumes a match. We made the final adjustments, such as swimming 18 50 meters.
Watanabe set the world record in 2017, the following year, with the regret that he missed the medal in the final race while setting the Olympic record in the semifinals of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Watanabe recalled about the past since he set the world record, saying, "I think it was a long time since I had an injury and a corona, but after the last four years, my feelings for the Olympics have become stronger."
On top of that, at the Japan Championships, he showed a bullish stance when he aimed to win the world record as well as the unofficial decision of the national team. I want to have a race where you can see the spirit. "
The Japan Championships for Swimming will be held from the 3rd to the 8th of next month at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Koto-ku, Tokyo, and NHK will broadcast the tournament on general TV.