Shinri Shioura, who has assigned himself the role of a leading figure in sprinting for men.
I couldn't get the ticket for the Tokyo Olympics by fighting the juniors who have been steadily strengthening this tournament.
Commitment to "fastest event"
"Simply the fastest person is the coolest. I want to change the history at the Olympics."
Shioura said that he was particular about the men's 50-meter freestyle, the "fastest event" that settled the fastest in the swimming race.
Five years ago, at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics representative selection, he finished second in the 100-meter freestyle and became a member of the men's 400-meter relay.
However, in this tournament, he missed the national team at 100 meters, and in order to win the position of national team, he had to set a standard dispatch record of 21 seconds 77 for individual events at 50 meters.
This time is the time when Shioura stood as a Japanese player for the first time in 18 years to advance to the final of the world championship.
I challenged the high hurdle, which is only 0.1 seconds different from my own Japanese record, in a one-shot game of the final, but I could not demonstrate the characteristic of taking the lead from the first half, and I ended up in 4th place with lack of growth in the second half. ..
After the race, Shioura revealed that he was less willing to face the competition due to the postponement of the Olympics, and although he was able to connect with his marriage last fall, he could not devote himself to practice.
"I had a very low passion for swimming. I'm not motivated, but it's not sweet enough to be represented, the Olympics,"
he said, expressing his own unrelenting results.
Entrust your dreams to your juniors
From his junior days to the age of 29, he has been at the forefront, and in anticipation of his blessed physique and talent, he was sometimes advised to switch to middle-distance running or butterfly, saying that "even Japanese can reach medals." I have challenged the walls of the world.
Recently, in order to increase the number of children aiming for short-distance freestyle swimming as well as their own races, we have generously disseminated swimming techniques on video posting sites.
"Comes out" natural "level is more and more strong players if rises of for the children. After immediately, but do not know what changed five years, say they'll come out strong players a lot in 10 years,"
this time, ShioUra players I couldn't get a ticket for the Olympics, fighting against the steadily strengthening juniors.
Still, Shioura, who has assigned himself a role as a leading player, said, "I've been trying hard to raise the level of freestyle in Japan. Of course I wanted to swim, but there were also young players in the relay. I want you to aim for a good ranking because I am there, "he sent an ale and entrusted his juniors with his dream of" changing history "and ended the tournament.