The second day of the "one-shot" competition, which will determine the representative selection for the Paris Olympics, will include the women's 100-meter butterfly and men's 400-meter individual medley finals.
It will be interesting to see if the first representative of this tournament will be chosen.
Among these, the women's 100m butterfly final will be a battle centered around Rikako Ikee, who holds the Japanese record for this event and set good times in both the preliminary and semi-finals, and Mizuki Hirai, a young woman on the rise. that's right.
We plan to provide breaking news on the race on the second night of the tournament.
NHK will be broadcasting tonight's race on general television starting at 7:30 p.m., and it will also be streamed on NHK Plus.
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《Day 2 Night Race/Start List》
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★20:11~Men's 400m Individual Medley [Finals]
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★20:22 ~ Women's 100m Butterfly [Finals]
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★20:30~Men's 100m Breaststroke [Finals]
《Highlights of the second day of the tournament》
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《Paris Olympics representative selection method is “one shot”》
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table of contents
《Day 2 Night Race/Start List》
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★20:11~Men's 400m Individual Medley [Finals]
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★20:22 ~ Women's 100m Butterfly [Finals]
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★20:30~Men's 100m Breaststroke [Finals]
《Highlights of the second day of the tournament》
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《Paris Olympics representative selection method is “one shot”》
[Click here for full results of Day 1] Rikako Ikee advances to the final in 1st place Women's 100m Butterfly
《Day 2 Night Race/Start List》
◆19:19～Men's 200m freestyle semi-finals
◆19:35 ~ Women's 100m breaststroke semi-finals
◆19:45~Men's 100m backstroke semi-finals
◆19:55 ~ Women's 200m freestyle semi-finals
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★20:11~Men's 400m Individual Medley [Finals]
◇World record 4:02.50
◇Japanese record 4:06.05
★Dispatch standard record 4:10.63
▽1. Yuki Ikari (Itoman Tokyo) ▽
2. Gasaki Nishikawa (Toyokawa High School/KL Kasugai)
▽3. Tomoyuki Matsushita (Swin Utsunomiya/ Utsunomiya Minami High School)
▽4. Daiya Seto (CHARIS & Co.)
▽5. Yamaguchi Karetsu (Momoyama Gakuin High School)
▽6. Kaito Tabuchi (NECGSC Mizonokuchi/Meiji University)
▽7. Hayashi Ogata (Itoman Kohoku/Nippon University) )
▽8.Hide Kamikawahata (Itoman Kohoku/Meiji University)
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★20:22 ~ Women's 100m Butterfly [Finals]
◇World record 55.48
◇Japan record 56.08
★Dispatch standard record 57.34
▽1. Nagisa Ikemoto (Itoman Tokyo/Chuo University)
▽2. Natsuki Hiroshita (Chukyo University)
▽3. Nobuho Matsumoto (Tokyo Dome S/Waseda University) )
▽4. Rikako Ikee (Yokohama Rubber/Renaissance)
▽5. Mizuki Hirai (ATSC.YW/Nichidai Fujisawa High School)
▽6. Ai Soma (MIKI HOUSE)
▽7. Chiharu Iizuka (NOK)
▽8. Satoshi Mizuguchi Tamotsu (Central Meguro/Meiji University)
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★20:30~Men's 100m Breaststroke [Finals]
◇World record 56.88
◇Japan record 58.78
★Dispatch standard record 59.26
▽1. Tatsuya Mura (Miki House)
▽2. Hayato Watanabe (Self-Defense Forces)
▽3. Yu Hanaguma (Itoman Tokyo)
▽4. Yamato Fukazawa (Tokyu/TSS Azamino)
▽5. Takashi Taniguchi (Chukyo University)
▽6. Ippei Watanabe (TOYOTA)
▽7. Reio Okura (JSS/Kinki University)
▽8. Ryoma Koizumi (Nippon Sport Science University)
◇20:42~Men's 50m Butterfly [Finals]
《Highlights of the second day of the tournament》
On the 18th, the second day of the tournament, finals were held in four events, including non-Olympic events. Among these, in the women's 100m butterfly, Rikako Ikee, the Japanese record holder for this event, won in the semifinals after recovering from leukemia. It will be interesting to see if she will be able to set her personal best time after her return and finish first overall, earning her a place on the national team in the individual event for the first time in two tournaments.
In addition, Mizuki Hirai, a 17-year-old high school student who is rapidly growing, made it through the semi-finals with a good time and finished in 2nd place.This rising star has been rapidly improving her time since the start of this year, and is aiming to participate in her first Olympics.
Kosuke Hagino, a gold medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and a commentator on NHK's broadcast of the event, said of Ikee, ``It will be a challenging race for her. To be honest, you won't be able to make it to the national team if you don't demonstrate your skills well,'' he said, emphasizing that this is not an easy competition for the national team.
In addition, she said, ``She has accumulated a lot of things up until now, and Ikee's strength is her one shot when it matters most.'' She set a good time in the semi-finals, showing how well she is doing. I had high hopes for Ikee.
Her opponent is 17-year-old Hirai.
Mr. Hagino said, ``He has speed and is actually fast at crawling. I think Hirai will be strong due to the momentum of young people, but I also wonder how much enthusiasm the other experienced runners will be able to race in the final.'' He points out that the competition between the established players centered around Hirai and the young players is attracting attention.
In addition, in the men's 400m individual medley, Daiya Seto, who won a bronze medal in this event at the World Championships in February, and 18-year-old Tomoyuki Matsushita are also aiming to make it to the national team.
On the first day of the tournament, there was no official offer to represent the team, but on the second day, all eyes are on whether there will be a first official offer to win a ticket to the Paris Olympics.
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《Paris Olympics representative selection method is “one shot”》
The Paris Olympic swimming team will be determined by a one-shot competition.
Athletes who finish in the top 2 at the finals of this national selection event will be selected by exceeding the standard record set by the Japan Swimming Federation.
This dispatch standard record is a unique standard established by the Japan Swimming Federation with the aim of having all Japanese athletes who participated in the Olympics advance to the finals and win multiple medals. A time equivalent to 10th place has been set.
In all events, the times were faster than or the same as the Olympic participation standards set by the World Aquatics Federation, and the time in the 800m freestyle was faster than the Japanese record.
In addition, standard records have been established for relay events involving four swimmers.
Regarding the selection of competitive swimming representatives, during the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Suzu Chiba, who was aiming to participate in three consecutive Olympics, won the selection event but was not selected as the representative, and she had to explain the selection criteria to the Japan Swimming Federation. A lawsuit was filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Although the appeal was dismissed, it was pointed out that the selection criteria were not clear, and in the selection for the 2004 Athens Olympics, the criteria were set out in advance, and the team exceeded the standard record set by the Japan Swimming Federation at the selection event. , the method was to select the players who finished in the top two.
The standard record for athletes is set at a high target time so that they can aim for a podium finish at international competitions, and this is said to be one reason for raising the level of competitive swimming in Japan and producing athletes such as Kosuke Kitajima who have achieved results around the world.
Daichi Suzuki, president of the Japan Swimming Federation, said, ``Up until now, the standard records for athletes have been set high, and the passion and efforts of athletes and coaches who have said, ``Let's break through,'' have pushed up the records of Japanese athletes.There are some tough spots, too. However, as always, I am determined to fight with high goals.''
The selection event will test the results of efforts made by the federation, and whether the Japanese competitive swimming team, which has been in a slump since the Tokyo Olympics, will be able to overcome the high selection standards and compete with the world on the Paris stage.