Kasumi Fukui, a 22-year-old Paralympic athlete who advanced to the final in 8th place overall in the 100m backstroke women's intellectual disability class, finished in a time of 1'12.58 and moved up one place. I came in 7th place.
Fukui, who is in the intellectual disability class, has been engaged in swimming as a competition since high school and is the first to participate in the Paralympics.
In the women's 100m backstroke qualifying held in the morning on the 2nd, she finished 8th overall with a time of 1'13.12 and advanced to the final.
In the final, he entered at a faster pace than the qualifying, and when he turned back 50 meters in 6th place, he finished in a tenacious swim with a time of 1'12.58 in the second half, and moved up from the qualifying to 7th place.
The gold medal was Bethany Firth of England, the silver medal was Valeriia Shabalina of the Russian Paralympic Committee, and the bronze medal was Jessica Jane Applegate of England.
Fukui "I was able to relax and swim"
Kasumi Fukui said, "I knew I was nervous, so I decided to race with the feeling that I would enjoy it, so I was able to relax and swim. I'm glad that the time and ranking were higher than in the qualifying as planned." I looked back on the race in the final.
He smiled, saying, "It was a fun tournament," when he finished all the events at the Paralympic Games, which was his first appearance.