A training camp attended by Japan's top-level competitive swimmers was revealed to the press, and 17-year-old Narita Minoru said, ``I will set my personal best time and represent the team with a smile on my face'' in preparation for the Paris Olympics national selection competition, which will be held next month. "I want to become one," he said with enthusiasm.
The training camp held by the Japan Swimming Federation in Kita Ward, Tokyo, was attended by eight of the eligible athletes who broke the time set by the federation, and will be training until the 15th for next month's national team selection competition. Masu.
Among them, Narita, a 17-year-old athlete who has shown remarkable growth and advanced to the final in the 400m individual medley at her first World Championships last year, is aiming to participate in her first Olympics, and in addition to improving her stamina, she is practicing turning and entering the water. We are putting effort into
On the 13th, they swam 50 meters at a steady pace in short intervals, and when practicing entering the water, they checked the angle at which they should enter the water while watching videos taken on their smartphones.
Narita said, ``Her goal is to make it to the Olympic team in the two events of the individual medley.She wants to run her personal best time and represent the team with a smile on her face.''
Tsuki Imai ``I want to clear up my regrets for not being able to participate in the Tokyo Games''
In addition, 23-year-old Tsuki Imai, who is aiming to participate in the Olympics for the first time in two Olympics since the Rio de Janeiro Games, is conscious of swimming with little resistance without using unnecessary force, so she is focusing on her favorite form, breaststroke. I was working on it.
Imai said, ``It's the last push before the national team selection tournament, so we're practicing hard every day, but we're doing it with a positive mindset.'' She said, ``She wants to make up for the regret of not being able to participate in the Tokyo Games.''