A member of the Japanese team, who has been appointed as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics for swimming, responded to an online interview, and Ryosuke Irie, who will participate in four consecutive tournaments, said, "Because the number of fresh members has increased, it will be a vigorous team." Did.
The representative of the Tokyo Olympics for swimming has been unofficially decided based on the results of the Japan Championships held this month, and the Japan Swimming Federation announced 33 members including four additional members on the 11th.
Among the members interviewed online on the 13th, 31-year-old Ryosuke Irie, the oldest member of the team who was appointed as the representative of the backstroke, said, "Because the number of fresh members has increased, it will be a vigorous team. I want to come without doing it. I have a lot of experience, so I want to support the team. "
Irie, who will be participating in four consecutive tournaments, has experienced the 2008 Beijing tournament, where the final race was held in the morning, as in the case of this Tokyo tournament, so 22 out of 33 are the first to participate. He advises the juniors of the Olympic team on the pace distribution and life rhythm until the final.
Regarding his goal, he said, "I can't forget the sight of the podium at the London Olympics, and I've been training to climb again. Especially at 200 meters, I think I'll be able to join the medal race if I set a little more time." Was there.
First Olympic participation Yui Ohashi "I want to win a medal in the second event"
Yui Ohashi, who became the representative of the second individual medley, said, "I thought I was more happy, but I didn't really feel it because the time wasn't very good at the selection, so I'm just thinking about what I should do from now on." I talked calmly.
Ohashi, who won a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley of the 2017 World Championship and a bronze medal in the 400-meter individual medley of the adult world championship, has grown into a Japanese women's ace, and will be the first to participate in the Olympics at the age of 25.
Ohashi said about the Olympics, "I was aiming for the stage I've been watching on TV for a long time, but I didn't think I would be able to come out." I want to make it a place for me. I want to do my best and win a medal in the second event. "
For the Tokyo Olympics, the qualifying will be held in the evening, and the need for measures for the competition schedule that the finals and semi-finals will be held in the morning after the next day will be raised. So I have to prepare for the next morning. Immediately after the qualifying race, I think that I may not be able to sleep as I expected and I may get tired the next morning. I want to try it with. "