Shoma Sato, a swimmer who participated in the Tokyo Olympics, participated in a tournament held in Tokyo and took part in the race to make adjustments for the representative selection meeting early next month.
21-year-old Sato participated in the tournament that started on the 19th in Koto-ku, Tokyo as part of the strengthening, while preparing for the representative selection of the international tournament early next month.
It is said that Sato resumed full-scale practice at the end of the year and the beginning of the year because he treated his back that had been hurt last fall, but in the men's 100-meter breaststroke final, when he passed the first half in 2nd place, the second half He showed his tenacity and overtook the previous player with a powerful kick and a big swim, and finished first in the 1'0.54.
In addition, a young man who is expected to participate in the international competition, 15 years old in the third grade of junior high school, Mio Narita broke the Japanese record for junior high school students in the women's 400-meter individual medley on the 19th, and participated in the women's 200-meter individual medley on the 20th. Did.
In the final, when he jumped out of the butterfly stroke, he pulled away from other players with his strong backstroke, and won the championship at 2:12:42, which was close to the standard dispatching record of 2:12:10 for international competitions.
Narita said, "While I wasn't able to swim due to poor physical condition, I think I'll be able to set a personal best and a time close to the best, and I think I'll be back in a little while. I was enthusiastic.