Reona Aoki set a Japanese record for women's 50-meter breaststroke and was nominated as a representative in the races on the 3rd and 2nd days of the FINA World Championships.

Aoki is her Japanese record breaker for two days in a row, following the women's 100-meter breaststroke on the 2nd.

The upcoming World Championships and Asian Games representative selections are being held from the 2nd at the Tatsumi International Swimming Pool in Koto-ku, Tokyo.


The top two people who broke the dispatch standard record in the final race will be nominated as representatives of individual events.



On the 3rd of the 2nd day, 9 events were held for both men and women.


Of these, Aoki, who set a Japanese record in the 100-meter breaststroke on the 2nd and was nominated as the representative, participated in the women's 50-meter breaststroke final.



When Aoki jumped out of the start, he escaped with a long swim, and she took first place with a good time of 30 seconds 27, breaking the Japanese record, and was nominated as a representative.

Aoki, who broke the Japanese record for two days in a row, said, "I was able to race with confidence because I had a good race yesterday. It was the first time I was able to aim for the Japanese record and I was confident. I was connected, "he said with a smile.



In addition, in the final of the women's 400-meter individual medley, Yui Ohashi, who won the gold medal in this event of the Tokyo Olympics and has already been nominated as a representative, 18-year-old Tokyo Olympics representative Ageha Tanigawa, A 15-year-old growth stock, Mio Narita, etc. participated.



In the first half of the race, Tanikawa, who jumped out of the start, took the lead, but then in the second half, Narita showed his strength and narrowed the gap.


At the end, Tanikawa overtook Narita's catch-up and took first place at 4:36:45, and was appointed as the representative of the remaining one slot.


Narita broke her world junior record in second place, 0.26 seconds behind, but she missed out on the national team.


Ohashi was in 3rd place, behind 200 meters.

Ohashi "I lost the battle with myself"

Ohashi, who was third in the women's 400-meter individual medley, revealed that he was ill in late January after the race.



She said Ohashi, she said, "She wasn't practicing and she wasn't completely confident. She doesn't want to lose, of course, but she's with herself today. I lost the fight, "she said.



Regarding swimming as a gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, "I was under pressure and sometimes I felt uncomfortable. I was helped by a coach or trainer when I thought I was going to collapse. I was hazy all the time before swimming. I will continue to fight, so I want to be able to learn how to capture something and have a good race, "he said with tears in his eyes.

15-year-old Narita "I want to practice every day"

Fifteen-year-old Narita missed the national team in the 400-meter individual medley, but said to the interview, "I was able to swim myself without being impatient in the first half, but I couldn't keep up at the end. I think I didn't have enough stuff, and I didn't have enough practice to stick to the end. "



He said, "I think there are still many things that can be improved. I would like to talk with my coach and work hard every day to improve."