At the World Swimming Championships held in Qatar, Middle East, 27-year-old Dainobu Minamide finished 25th in the men's 10km open water swimming event, placing him at the top of the Asian swimmers and earning him a spot on the Olympic team in Paris.
The men's 10km open water swimming event was held on the 4th day of the 3rd day of the World Swimming Championships being held in Doha, Qatar.
Open water swimming is a 10km event for both men and women at the World Championships, and the countries and regions whose countries and regions finish in the top 13, or even below 14th, will qualify for the Paris Olympics. A slot will be given, and the players who get the slot will be selected to be on the national team.
Two people from Japan participated: 27-year-old Minamide and 24-year-old Kaio Furuhata. Minamide finished 25th with a time of 1 hour 49 minutes 57.2 seconds, making him the highest ranked Asian athlete. , has been selected to represent the Paris Olympics.
Minamide is from Wakayama Prefecture, and this will be his second consecutive Olympics following the Tokyo Games.
Originally, she specialized in long-distance freestyle swimming, but after moving on to open water swimming, she won her first championship at the 2018 Japan Championships and placed 13th at her first Olympics in Tokyo.
Since then, he has continued to be a leader among Japanese men in open water swimming, winning the Japan Championship three times in a row until last year.
Additionally, Furuhata was 45th with a time of 1 hour 53 minutes 58.5 seconds.
The gold medal went to Krzysztof Rashovski of Hungary, silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics.