The swimmers selected to be on the Japanese national swimming team for the Paris Olympics held a press conference in Tokyo on the 27th, and Yui Ohashi, who won the gold medal at the previous Tokyo Olympics, said, ``I will do everything I can to reach the finals and improve my personal best.'' "I want to stand on the starting block," he said with enthusiasm.
The Japan Swimming Federation officially selected 27 athletes to represent Japan at the Paris Olympics based on the results of the representative swimming competition held until the 24th of this month, and announced them on the 27th.
A press conference was held with five of the athletes in attendance, and Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Ohashi, who was selected for the women's 200m individual medley, said, ``The eight days of the qualifying session felt like they went quickly because I was concentrating.'' .I feel like I'm finally in a position where I can aim for my personal best time.At the Olympics, my main goal is to advance to the finals and improve my personal best, so I raised my level and stepped onto the starting block having done everything I had to do. I want to do it," he said enthusiastically.
In addition, 17-year-old Naoki Narita, who will be competing in the Olympics for the first time, said, ``I'm happy and humbled to be able to wear the national team's jersey.At the actual Olympics, I want to advance to the finals first and be in the medal race.'' We were talking.
Meanwhile, additional members for the relay event were announced, with
five men selected
: Konosuke Yanagimoto
, Tatsuya Murasa
, Hidenari Mano
, Riku Matsuyama , and Takashi Taniguchi.
Three women were selected
as relay members
: Waka Kobori, Rio
Shirai , and Nagisa Ikemoto.
The Japan Swimming Federation aims to win multiple medals, including a gold medal, at the Paris Games, and to have all participants advance to the finals, and will continue to strengthen their skills through training camps and other activities.