Japanese swimming championship.
For the men's 200m butterfly final, Daiya Seto emphasized his words, "I have pride as a Japanese record holder."
As a "multi-swimmer" with high abilities in all four swimming styles, the butterfly has already been decided as a representative in the second individual medley, and Seto, who is aiming for a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has made it his greatest weapon.
In the individual medley, I am good at the race to lead and escape at once with the butterfly that swims first, and even with the 200m butterfly, I ran the top in the country in the race to escape ahead.
In order to increase the speed, I tried to modify the foam to change the number of breaths, and when I was tired, my upper body rose and I trained my abdominal muscles, which I am not good at, and so on.
And last year, he set a new record in Japan with a 200-meter butterfly, breaking the time of the high-speed swimsuit era for the first time in 12 years.
This was the title of "record holder" that Seto finally got.
It was after the semi-final race on the 5th that I showed my intention as a "record holder".
When I saw the time of Honda Akira who swam in the group after me on the electric bulletin board, I said a word while muttering "fast".
"I have pride as a Japanese record holder and have been fighting the world as a representative for a long time. If I don't win here, I can't win the world."
In the final, which was about 70% due to lack of practice, he was particular about winning, but he skipped from the beginning without fear of running out of stamina. It was.
However, the pace slowed down near the last 25 meters and allowed Honda to make a comeback.
After the race, Seto said, "I'm very disappointed to lose. Honda had a good swim this time. I want to strengthen it once more and win a medal in a better time in the summer."
The challenge is how to regain endurance in the final stages of the Olympics, which is about three months away.