46th National JOC Spring Swimming Tournament
- March 27th (Wednesday) – March 30th (Saturday)
- Tokyo Aquatics Center
- SCM(25m)
- result
Following the Japan Olympic Team Trials, the 46th National Junior Olympic Cup Spring Swimming Tournament concluded at the Tokyo Aquatics Center.
Middle school and high school students took to the pool to showcase the nation's growing talent in hopes of developing talent to replace the aging elite.
I reported on my condition at the age of 34. Ryosuke Irie He missed out on the Olympic team for the fifth time, leading some to speculate that he may be close to announcing his retirement.Japanese record holder Takeshi Kawamoto He also failed to make the Paris team and retired.
However, the results of this JOC were positive, with several records paving the way for the next generation.
Main results
- proofreading commit Okadome Yamato The men's 100m breaststroke attracted attention. 18-year-old Okadome entered the race with a time of 57.55 seconds, setting a new Japanese high school record. His result was 0.14 off his previous personal best of 57.69. He currently ranks 13th in Japanese history.
- Women's 100m dash chest saw Nobutomi Kato Stop the clock at 1:04.32 to register a new high school record.she turned off Kanako WatanabeMarked a time of 1 minute 05.04 seconds. Kato became the fourth fastest Japanese athlete in history in this event.
- Top 5 SCM100 Japanese women's breaststroke participants
- Leona Aoki – 1:04.01, 2022
- Miho Teramura – 1:04.05, 2016
- Satomi Suzuki – 1:04.11, 2012
- Nobutomi Kato – 1:04.32, 2024
- Mai Fukasawa – 1:04.45, 2022
- Top 5 SCM100 Japanese women's breaststroke participants
- Kato also set a new high school record in the 50-meter chest dash, winning the gold medal in 30.21 seconds.
- Shion MitsunagaAs a high school freshman, he set a new high school record by leading his team's 4x100m free relay. Mitsunaga ran a 47.57, shortening his previous NR by .38.
- In the 2015-16 men's 200m breaststroke final, Shinohashi He won with a time of 2:05.28. This was more than half a second faster than the previous junior high school record of 2:06.16.
- Yusuke Sato He set a record of 23.48 seconds in the boys' 50-meter back final, setting a new Japanese high school record.
- Kazusa Kuroda He finished on the podium in the men's 100m free with a time of 48.33 seconds. This easily surpassed the previous Japanese high school record of 48.64 seconds.runner-up I'm going to Matsuyama was also under that wall and grabbed silver in 48.35.
- Kuroda also won the men's 200m free in a time of 1 minute 45.16 seconds, with a difference of more than 2 seconds. He set another Japanese high school record with his performance.
- Men's 400m free saw Kazushi Imafuku He reached the wall first and turned in a time of 3:44.45, beating the field by nearly two seconds. This is a new tournament record with a difference of more than 1 second.
- Yusuke Sato He set a new high school record in the boys' 50-meter back race with a time of 23.48 seconds, making him the only member of the group to break 24 seconds.
