Competitive swimmer Rikako Ikee finished third in the women's 100m freestyle at a competition held in Tokyo, and spoke of her hopes for recovery, saying, "I will gradually clear my target time."
The "Kitajima Kosuke Cup", in which the top domestic swimmers compete, was held for three days from the 20th at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Koto-ku, Tokyo, and Ikee participated in the women's 100m freestyle. .
Ikee hadn't been able to train as much as he had hoped since last autumn, so he had to race in the finals while his condition wasn't improving.
She got off to a slow start and ended up in 7th place in the first half, but in the second half she gradually moved up the ranks with her signature big strokes, breaking her goal of 55 seconds and finishing 3rd with a time of 54.95 seconds. .
After the race, Ikee looked back, saying, "My goal was to finish in the 54-second range, so I'm glad I was able to clear it. I was able to swim well in this condition."
As for the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly, which he is scheduled to participate in on the 22nd, he said, "I don't care about winning or losing. I think the most important thing now is to clear the water little by little.I want to swim as hard as I can.”