The Paralympic World Championship was held on the 15th, with a 200-meter individual medley for men and women. 19-year-old Maori Yui won the bronze medal, the first medal in the world championship.
The World Championships for Para Swimming on Madeira Island, Portugal, took place on the 15th of the 4th day of the tournament, where the men's 200m individual medley and the visually impaired class finals were held.
Tomita, a bronze medalist in this event at the Tokyo Paralympics, made the first butterfly stroke at the top, but dropped to 3rd place in the subsequent backstroke, further widening the gap in the breaststroke.
However, in his last freestyle, which he is good at, he narrowed the gap with the top with a tenacious swim and finished third with a time of 2: 28.17, the second medal following this tournament, 100 meters butterfly. I won the bronze medal.
In addition, Yui, who has a disability that prevents him from moving down from the waist due to complications of illness, participated in the women's 200-meter individual medley and motor dysfunction class.
At the Tokyo Paralympics, Yui, who was 6th in this event, moved up to 3rd in the breaststroke, showed a stretchy swim even in the final freestyle, and won the first bronze medal in the world championship with a time of 3: 47:10. I got it.
In addition, ace Keiichi Kimura, Genki Saito, Chikako Ono, and Ayano Tsujiuchi participated in the mixed 400-meter medley relay visually impaired class in which four teams participated.
When Tsujiuchi, the 4th swimmer, jumped in 4th in the captain, the Japanese team quickly closed the gap with his favorite freestyle and passed the UK just before the finish to finish in 3rd place, with a bronze medal at 4:38:66. Won.