The blind ace frowned with regret after the race.

The tournament, which I should have been confident about, did not break the world record.

World record unchanged for 13 years

Keiichi Kimura, who has won six medals so far, is the most visually impaired class.

Kimura, who continues to play an active role as an ace of parasports, has longed for winning a gold medal at the Paralympics and breaking the world record.



The world record for the 100-meter butterfly, which is his strongest event, was set by a Spanish player at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.


The world record has not been updated for 13 years.



Kimura is thin to the world record to 0.05, but that 0.05 is endlessly distant.

Assuming "production"

This tournament was held three months before the Tokyo tournament.


Kimura, who has already been appointed as a representative, had a certain purpose.



"Assuming the actual Paralympic Games, we will race on the same schedule as the Paralympic Games" In



order to break the world record at the Tokyo Games, we incorporated a time trial assuming the actual race before the Games into the practice menu, and with the actual Tokyo Paralympics He was racing in the same way.

The 100-meter butterfly is the last event to be held at the Tokyo Games.

When asked if he could expect a world record,



"I want to prepare well so that I can maintain the peak until the butterfly,"



he expressed a confident expression, "Yes, I will do my best."

All for the gold medal

The 100-meter butterfly final on the 23rd, which was the last event in this tournament.


The time was 1 minute 2 seconds 95, which was a severe result that did not reach the world record of 1 second 83.



"The increase in the stroke in the first half by one resonated in the second half. Other than that, I felt like I was swimming as I expected. I don't think I can win the championship at all with this result, so I want to recreate it. "



When the tournament before the time trial also included, this is 10 race day.


It was suggested that the number of events could be reduced in the actual production.

"I think I was tired, but I would like to reconsider including the participating events for the actual performance."



All for winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games and breaking the world record.

Three months before the Tokyo Paralympics, the blind ace who challenges the 100-meter butterfly will not stop.