On the 19th, the third day of the competition to select representatives for the Paris Olympic swimming competition, attention-grabbing races were held, including the women's 400m individual medley, which is expected to be crowded, and the men's 100m backstroke, in which veteran Ryosuke Irie will participate. Masu.
NHK will be broadcasting the tournament on general television starting at 7:30 p.m., and will also stream it on NHK Plus.
The competition, which is held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center to select representatives for the Paris Olympic swimming competition, is held in the finals by breaking the time set by the Japan Swimming Federation called the "Standard Record for Dispatch" and finishing in the top two. I have been selected to represent the individual category.
On the 19th, the third day of the competition, finals will be held in six events, including non-Olympic events.
Among them, ◆In the women's 400m individual medley,
▽17-year-old Mio Narita, who won last year's Japan Championship and made her first appearance at the World Championships, and
▽Akaha Tanigawa, silver medalist at last year's Asian Games, will compete for the representative spot. .
▽The Tokyo Olympics gold medalist in this event, Yui Ohashi, is also expected to compete in the 200m race, although she is the favorite.
In addition, ◆In the men's 100m backstroke, 34-year-old Ryosuke Irie will aim to participate in his fifth consecutive Olympics.In the
men's 200m freestyle, Katsuo Matsumoto, the Japanese record holder in this event, will also swim. It will attract attention.
NHK will be broadcasting the tournament on general television starting at 7:30 p.m., and will also stream it on NHK Plus.
[Reporter's tip] Pay attention to the "bonito" that grabs water
The men's 200m freestyle will be the focus of the reporter's attention on the third day of the tournament.
It will be interesting to see what kind of time Katsuo Matsumoto, affectionately known as ``Katsuo,'' will mark with his honed swimming technique of ``grabbing as much water as possible.''
Matsumoto was expected to win the gold medal at his first Olympics in Tokyo three years ago, but lost in the qualifying round.
He felt so much regret that he said, ``Even now, I don't want to remember it.''
After repeatedly asking myself, ``What should I do to aim for another medal?'' I finally arrived at ``independence.''
After the Tokyo Games, I decided to leave coach Yoji Suzuki, who had been coaching me.
Coach Suzuki is a famous coach who trained Daichi Suzuki, a gold medalist at the Seoul Games.
He has been trying to improve his level with a new team that has just been formed in order to put himself in a tough environment.
What we have been working on is the major evolution of swimming, which is our specialty.
In pursuit of ``grabbing as much water as possible'' in a single stroke, I have been swimming with various tools that increase water resistance and doing weight training to increase my power.
Matsumoto commented, ``I feel like I'm gradually getting closer to my ideal swimming ability.Compared to overseas swimmers, I'm not that tall and my physique is not as big, but I think my strength is that I can swim big.'' I got it.
Matsumoto sees this tournament as ``just a passing point'' toward the Paris Olympics.
You can't take your eyes off the ``bonito'''s evolved and powerful swimming.