The Japan Championships in Athletics, which will be the representative selection for the Tokyo Olympics, the men's 200-meter freestyle final will be held on the 5th of the third day of the tournament, and Katsuhiro Matsumoto will mark Japan in January along with the unofficial decision. It will be noticed if the record is updated.

The Japan Championships in Swimming, which is held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Koto-ku, Tokyo, is a tournament in which if you break the standard dispatch record in the final and finish in 2nd place, you will be nominated as a representative of the individual event of the Tokyo Olympics.



On the third day, the finals of the fourth event will be held for both men and women.



Of these, the men's 200-meter freestyle, where the semi-finals were held on the 4th, was the silver medalist of the adult world championship, Matsumoto, who advanced to the final with an overall top of 1: 47.61.



Matsumoto has been doing well since the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics was decided last year, such as breaking his own Japanese record at the domestic tournament in January. Will take.



After the semi-final race, he said, "I want to put out all the parts I have strengthened. I am confident that I will set a new record of 1 minute 44 seconds in Japan."



In the women's 100-meter breaststroke, Reona Aoki and Kanako Watanabe are expected to compete fiercely for the two representatives.



NHK will broadcast the final race that the Olympic representative will decide.