Tomomi Ishiura, 33, who participated in the Paralympic Games for the first time, finished 7th in the 50m freestyle men's freestyle swimming class where the final race was redone on the 27th.
Ishiura has been practicing with the goal of participating in the Paralympics since he was a high school student while his eyesight gradually deteriorated due to congenital glaucoma, and he made his first appearance in the fourth challenge.
In this race, the qualifying and the final were held on the 27th, and Ishiura was in 8th place, but due to the crossing of Chinese and Dutch players, the final race had to be redone.
In the final, "I changed my mind as a chance and challenged", I showed a swim that digs into the medal battle from the start, but at the end I was pushed out and finished in 7th place with a time of 30 seconds 85.
The gold medal was China's Maka, who broke the world record with a time of 29.20 seconds, the silver medal was China's Lee Katsushiba, and the bronze medal was Karolina Pelendritu of Cyprus.
Ishiura "This is the current ability to contribute to the team in the relay."
Ishiura said, "I think this is my current ability because the abilities of the players in the world are improving. I'm glad I was able to swim straight without bending so much today." ..
On top of that, he said, "At Asahi Relay, I would like to contribute to the team as much as possible so that I can go to a place with a good ranking."