Tomotaro Nakamura, who participated in the Paralympic Games for the fifth consecutive tournament in the men's 100-meter breaststroke and motor dysfunction class, finished 8th with a time of 1'25.00.
37-year-old Nakamura has no arms since he was born, and can move forward with just the power of kicking water with his feet.
The Paralympics have participated in five consecutive tournaments, and on the 28th, they participated in the men's 100-meter breaststroke, which has won medals at the Athens and London Games.
In the qualifying held in the morning, he finished 5th overall with a time of 1'25.16 and decided to advance to the final.
Even in the final, he made a dynamic swim and set a time of 1 minute 25.00, which was 0 seconds 16 faster than the qualifying, but the result was 8th place.
The gold medal was Ukraine's Jebheny Bohodaiko, the silver medal was Colombia's Nelson Crispin Corso, and the bronze medal was Australia's Matthew Levi.
"It won't end as it is"
Nakamura said, "I was able to race aggressively, but my image and the timing of my body were a little off. I looked back on the race of the final.
The 37-year-old veteran, who has participated in the Paralympics for the fifth consecutive tournament, is good at this event and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Games and a silver medal at the London 2012 Games.
However, the last Rio de Janeiro tournament was 7th, and this tournament did not reach the medal either.
Nakamura said, "This is the reality now. I was grateful for the support and support I received so far because it was held in my own country, but I could not deliver the result of the medal," he said. rice field.
On top of that, regarding the future, "I don't know the future, but I can't finish it as it is, so I'd like to do it to the point where I'm satisfied and finish on a sunny stage. I want to further strengthen and move on to the next." I was eager to continue working.