Kaede Hinata, who participated for the first time in the motor dysfunction class of the men's 50-meter butterfly at the Tokyo Paralympics, finished 7th with a time of 37.24.
Hinata, who has a right arm of about 10 cm and no left arm, is the fifth most severely disabled class in the 10 classes of motor dysfunction, and has a powerful kick that makes use of the strength of the trunk and smooth movement like a dolphin. is.
Hinata passed in 8th place in the qualifying, although he was sluggish in the second half of the qualifying race, which he said was "tensioned", and proceeded to the final he was aiming for.
In the final, which was "getting everything out", he got up to speed with a powerful dolphin kick that he was good at from the start, but he could not improve the time in the second half of the task and finished with a time of 37.24, ranking from the qualifying. Was raised by one to 7th place.
Chinese players dominated the podium, with the gold medal being Zheng Tao, the silver medal being Wang Lichao, and the bronze medal being Yuan Weiyi.
Hinata "I'm glad I could swim with the players from all over the world in three years."
"I wasn't able to increase the pace in the second half, but I'm frankly happy because I maintained the pace from the qualifying and improved the time and ranking by one," said Hinata.
After that, he said, "I'm glad I was able to swim with the fastest players in the world at this tournament for the Paralympics three years from now."