In the final of the 100m backstroke men's motor dysfunction class, Kota Kubota showed a swim that further broke the Japanese record set in the qualifying and finished fifth in the Paralympic Games for the first time.
Kubota, who has been unable to move his left arm since he was born and swims using only his right arm, participated in the men's 100-meter backstroke motor dysfunction class on the 27th and set his own Japanese record in qualifying. I advanced to the final in 7th place.
In the final, he took the lead with a good start and showed an aggressive swim, and returned to 4th place in the first half of the 50 meters.
In the second half, he was separated from the powerful overseas team, but he persisted to the end and set a time of 1 minute 9 seconds 09, which set a new record of 0 seconds 79 in the qualifying, and finished 5th in the first Paralympic Games. rice field.
The gold medal was American Robert Grisward, who broke the world record with a time of 1: 2: 55.
The silver medal was Spain's Ingo Jopis Sans, and the bronze medal was China's Liu Fengki.
Kubota "The result of putting out the best ability is 5th place"
Kubota said, "I went to the race to aggressively aim for the time from the first half. I'm glad that the first 50 meters was the best. The result of putting out my current ability was No. 5" I looked back.
On top of that, he said, "Because one of my goals was to advance to the final, I was able to gain a really valuable experience. At the next Paris tournament, I will do my best so that I can participate in the medal battle." Was there.