2024 Japan Olympic Trials
On the final day of Japan's Olympic selection, three new names were added to the roster for the 2024 Paris Games.
similar to Daiya Seto Won the 200m IM last night and made it to the Olympic team at the 11th hour, winning the Olympics for the second time in a row Yui Ohashi I accomplished the same feat tonight.
The 28-year-old Ohashi didn't qualify for the 400m IM, but he played his part in this year's 200m IM with a time of 2:09.17. This was the veteran's first time under 2 hours and 10 minutes since the Tokyo Olympics.
Joining her in creating her roster was a 21-year-old woman. Mr. Shiho Matsumoto.
Matsumoto also recorded a time of 2:09.90 in the women's 2IM, earning her a spot in the Olympics.
She chose the right time to break her lifetime best and finished in under 2 hours 10 minutes, bettering her previous best of 2 minutes 10.07 seconds set earlier this year.
Two athletes also placed in the men's 100m fly. Katsuhiro Matsumoto.
Matsumoto, 27, had already qualified for Paris in the 200m free, but added a second event with a time of 50.96 seconds.with him Satomi Suzuki He is the only athlete to qualify for multiple events.
Naoki Mizunumais the Japanese record holder for the 100m fly, finishing second to Matsumoto in 51.23 seconds and qualifying for the Olympics.
They will now wait for the Japan Swimming Federation (JASF) to announce the official roster.
Until the last day of the Olympic Japan Individual Qualification
- Tomoyuki Matsushita – Men’s 400m IM, 4:10.04
- Mizuki Hirai – Women’s 100m fly, 56.91
- Rikako Ikee – Women’s 100m fly, 57.30 seconds
- Mio Narita – Women’s 400m IM, 4:35.40
- Ageha Tanigawa – Women’s 400m IM, 4:35.60
- Katsuhiro Matsumoto – Men’s 200m free, 1:45.29. 100m fly 50.96
- Satomi Satomi – Women’s 100m chest, 1:05.91; 200m chest, 2:23.09
- Leona Aoki – Women’s 100m chest run, 1:05.93
- Genki Terakado – Men’s 200m fly, 1:54.07
- Toru Honda – Men’s 200m fly, 1:54.18
- Ippei Watanabe – Men’s 200m chest run, 2:06.94
- Yu Hanaguma – Men’s 200m chest, 2:07.07
- Airi Mitsui – Women’s 200m fly, 2:06.54
- Hiroko Makino – Women’s 200m fly, 2:07.61
- Hidekazu Takehara – Men’s 200m back, 1:56.28
- Daiya Seto – Men’s 200m IM, 1:56.87
- Naoki Mizunuma – Men’s 100m fly, 51.23 seconds
- Yui Ohashi – Women’s 200m IM, 2:09.17
- Shiho Matsumoto – Women’s 200m IM, 2:09.90
