33-year-old Tomomi Ishiura, who participated in the Paralympic Games for the first time, ranked 8th 100m freestyle

Tomomi Ishiura, 33, finished 8th in the Tokyo Paralympic Games, a 100m freestyle women's class for the visually impaired.

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.

On the 3rd, she participated in the women's 100-meter freestyle, and in the morning qualifying, she set her personal best with a time of 1'13.76 and advanced to the final.

The final returned 50 meters at a slower pace than the qualifying, but in the second half, he showed a tenacious swim and finished 8th with a time of 1'13.80, which was close to his personal best.

The gold medal was Li Guizhi of China, the silver medal was Liesette Blancsma of the Netherlands, and the bronze medal was Cai Li Bun of China *.

* Bun is "rain" and "sentence" under the kanmuri

Ishiura "I want to take on more challenges"

Tomomi Ishiura, who finished 8th in the 100m freestyle women's swimming class, said, "I turned back 50 meters and found that the player in the next lane was in front of me, so I was desperate to chase after him. I was really absorbed in it and did my best, "he recalled the race in the final.

Also, regarding the fact that both of the two individual events that participated in the Paralympic Games for the first time advanced to the final, "I think that I was able to gradually produce the results of my daily practice. I became confident, so I will challenge even more. I want to. "