At the competition that serves as the representative selection event for the Paris Paralympic Games, 24-year-old Kota Kubota broke the dispatch standard record in the men's 100m backstroke in the motor dysfunction class with a time of 1 minute 7.41 seconds and was selected as a representative for the Paris Paralympic Games. Did.
This will be Kubota's second consecutive Paralympic appearance.
Who is Kota Kubota?
Kota Kubota is a 24-year-old from Chiba City.
He has been unable to move his left arm since birth and swims using only his right arm.
He started attending swimming school at the age of 0, and when he was in the 5th grade of elementary school, he learned about para-competitive swimming in a newspaper and began competing seriously.
He trained at Nippon Sport Science University, a competitive swimming force, and learned the ``Basaro Kick'', which involves diving underwater and kicking, to increase his speed at the start and after turns.In his first appearance at the Tokyo Paralympics, he placed 5th in the 100m backstroke. I entered.
Since the age of 10, he has adopted a new kick method that uses both feet at the same time, and has learned how to swim to create a large amount of propulsive force, and is rapidly growing.
In March of last year, he set a new Japanese record of 1 minute 5.56 seconds at a domestic competition, improving his time by more than 3 seconds from the Tokyo Games three years ago, and at the World Championships last August, he won the 100m backstroke. She won the silver medal and earned a spot to participate in the Paris Paralympic Games.
This will be my second consecutive appearance at the Paralympic Games.