In the women's 200-meter breaststroke qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, Kanako Watanabe was eliminated from the qualifying in 18th place overall at 2: 24.73.
Watanabe is 24 years old from Tokyo.
He has participated in the Olympic Games for three consecutive tournaments, and his characteristic is a big swim with a long stretch.
Watanabe, who participated in the 3rd qualifying group in the women's 200-meter breaststroke on the 28th, showed an aggressive swim in the early stages of the race and turned back in 2nd place in the first half, but did not grow in the second half and finished in 4th place in this group. Did.
The time was 2: 24.73, which was 18th overall, and he was not in the 16th place, so he did not advance to the semi-finals.
"I didn't come up in the second half"
Immediately after the race, Kanako Watanabe, who missed the semi-finals, said, "I think the level is very high. I think I was able to do it in the first half, but I didn't improve much in the second half."