On the final day of the Paralympic World Championship on the 18th, a men's 400-meter freestyle and visually impaired class was held, and Tokyo Paralympic silver medalist Uchu Tomita won the bronze medal, the fourth medal of the tournament. ..

The World Championships for Para Swimming on Madeira Island, Portugal, took place on the final day of the tournament on the 18th, when the men's 400m freestyle and visually impaired class finals were held.



33-year-old Tomita, a silver medalist in this event at the Tokyo Paralympics, jumped out responsively from the start and turned back the first 50 meters in 2nd place.



However, after that, he dropped to 3rd place and was gradually separated from the previous two after 200 meters.



Tomita finished in 3rd place as it was, and the time was 4: 40.65, which was the fourth medal in this tournament.



The gold medal was Rogier Dorsman of the Netherlands, the gold medalist of this event at the Tokyo Paralympics, with a time of 4: 31.63.



Dorsman demonstrated his strength by winning seven medals, including five gold medals, at this tournament.



In addition, in the women's 100-meter freestyle and motor dysfunction class, 19-year-old Maori Yui, who was eliminated from the qualifying at the Tokyo Paralympics, took 4th place in the women's 100-meter breaststroke, and in the motor dysfunction class, she will participate in the world championship for the first time. Kaon Fukuda, a 16-year-old high school student with a disability in his left arm, finished in 4th place.

Won 20 medals at the first major international competition after Tokyo Para

At the Paralympic World Championships, the first major international competition after the Tokyo Paralympics, the Japanese team won a total of 20 medals: 3 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze.



Among them, the medalist of the Tokyo Games showed the strength as he was capable, and Keiichi Kimura, a blind ace, won medals in all the events he participated in, such as winning the tournament consecutively with the men's 100m butterfly who was good at winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. I got it.



In addition, Naohide Yamaguchi, a Tokyo Paralympic gold medalist in the men's 100-meter breaststroke intellectual disability class who holds the world record for this event, also broke his own tournament record with an overwhelming swim and won the tournament in a row.



In addition, 35-year-old Takayuki Suzuki and 33-year-old Uchu Tomita also won multiple medals following the Tokyo tournament to appeal their health.



In addition, the activities of the players who experienced the Tokyo Paralympics were also outstanding.



Women's 100-meter backstroke, 27-year-old Chikako Ono won the first gold medal in the world championship in the visually impaired class, and in the motor dysfunction class, 16-year-old high school student Kaede Hinata is good at 50 meters butterfly etc. I won two medals.



However, in the event where the two won medals, the Chinese who dominated the podium at the Tokyo Paralympics did not participate in this tournament, and some Japanese players did not reach their personal best time. There were multiple.



Hinata said, "She wants to practice for the Paris Paralympics so as not to lose to Chinese players," she said even after winning the medal.



The Japanese team of para-swimming, which made a breakthrough at the Tokyo Paralympics, had the result that experienced medalists showed their strength on the world stage and young people with high expectations for teenagers also emerged, while the Paris Paralympics approaching two years later. For the tournament, we found the issue of further strengthening.