At the Paris Paralympic swimming representative selection event, 17-year-old Aira Kinoshita broke the dispatch standard record in the women's 200m individual medley with a time of 2 minutes 25.92 seconds in the intellectual disability class, earning her a spot in the Paris Paralympics. I have been appointed as a representative.
This will be Kinoshita's first time participating in the Paralympic Games.
Aira Kinoshita's first Paralympic appearance
Aira Kinoshita is a 17-year-old from Suita City, Osaka.
This is a class for intellectual disabilities.
She started swimming when she was 2 years old, and after the Tokyo Paralympics, she began seriously competing in para-swimming competitions.
He joined Shijonawate Gakuen High School's swimming club and practiced with able-bodied athletes, improving his strength.He applied for a national project to discover promising athletes, and from the first half of the year he actively tried to swim and had a posture that was less susceptible to resistance from the water. I have been refining my upper body movements to catch the water while maintaining the water.
At the Japan Para Games, which she competed in for the first time in September, she broke her Japanese records in four events, including the 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley.
In November, she set new Asian records in the 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley at her first international competition.
Since then, he has continued to set new records, and at last year's World Championships, he participated in five individual events, the most for any Japanese athlete, breaking his own Asian record in the 200m individual medley and winning the silver medal. obtained a participation slot.
Her Paralympics will be her first time competing.