Daiya Seto, a swimmer who participated in the Tokyo Olympics, attended the first tournament and adjusted to participate only in the qualifying round for the representative selection of the international tournament early next month.
Due to the effects of being infected with the new coronavirus last month, Seto was the first race to start at the Tatsumi International Swimming Pool in Koto Ward, Tokyo on the 19th.
Since Seto is preparing for the national team selection in early next month, he only participated in the qualifying for the men's 400m individual medley, which is his favorite event.
In the race, when he jumped out of the start, he showed a strong stroke and pulled away the other players from the beginning, and with a time of 4: 15.86, he was in 1st place with a time of 4 minutes 15 seconds 86, more than 10 seconds behind the 2nd place in the whole qualifying. did.
Seto recalled, "I wanted to check my feelings. I thought my body was a little heavy and it was slower than my image. I want to finish it a little more by the selection meeting."
In addition, Miho Takagi of speed skating said that he was inspired by winning the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the same grade. He showed me how to win the championship with all his might. I want to do my best from the beginning so that I can achieve my dream at the Paris Olympics. "