2024 Japan Olympic Trials
The sixth of seven qualifying sessions for the 2024 Japan Olympic Trials has concluded, with only four events scheduled. Those events were the women's 200m backstroke, men's 50m freestyle, men's 200m IM, and men's 50m breaststroke.
In the women's 200m back, two athletes recorded times in the 2:12 range, including an 18-year-old Yuzuki Mizuno He took the lead with a time of 2:12.23. She recorded her fastest time of 2:09.17 in this particular event, which remains her record at the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships.Mizuno won the gold medal in that competition ahead of his teammates. Mio Naritaqualified for Paris in the 400IM earlier this week.
Kanon Hironaka, also 18, finished just behind Mizuno this morning in 2:12.42. The two swam completely different races, with Mizuno emphasizing speed in the first half and Hironaka emphasizing the second half.
Split comparison:
| Yuzuki Mizuno during qualifying | Hirochukanon during the qualifying round | |
| first 50 | 30.6 | 31.3 |
| seconds 50 | 1:03.67 (33.07) | 1:04.82 (33.52) |
| third 50 | 1:38.30 (34.63) | 1:38.74 (33.92) |
| Final 50 people | 2:12.23 (33.93) | 2:12.42 (33.68) |
Marina Furbayashiholds a lifetime best of 2:08.89 and checked in this morning at 2:13.03.I just turned 17 Chiaki Yamamoto In order to advance to the semi-finals, they are also aiming for a time of 2:13.25, and once the finals are over, everyone will be aiming for the qualifying time of 2:08.65, set by Swimming Japan.
He was 32 years old in the men's one-lap dash. Shinri Shioura Those who passed the preliminary round. She reached the wall in 22.35 seconds, becoming the only swimmer to swim in less than 22.5 seconds. Shioura has been a mainstay on the Japanese national team since 2008, highlighted by his two gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games. Shioura's best time and national record is 21.67 seconds, set in 2019, but she needs to get closer to that mark, as her Japan Swimming Japan Paris qualifying time was 21.82 seconds.
30 years old Katsumi Nakamura, another legend of the Japanese team, is in fourth place with 22.56 points. He set his lifetime best in the 50 free (21.87 seconds) at the 2018 Kirara Cup.
Daiya Setois still aiming for a Paris berth after missing the mark in both the 400 IM and 200 fly, but finished first overall in the men's 200 IM heat. He stopped the clock at 1:59.06, and if he makes it to the finals, he will definitely be aiming for the legal time of 1:57.51 later this week.
Seto's season-best time of 1 minute 57.54 seconds at the Doha World Championships last month was just 0.03 seconds within the cut required for the Paris Games, and is definitely a strong performance. Seto's personal best is 1:55.55, set at the 2020 FINA Champions Series.
In this morning's heat, Seto scored 25.55 points in the butterfly, 30.26 points in the backstroke, 34.27 points in the breaststroke, and 29.29 points in the freestyle.
The men's 50 chest concluded its penultimate heat session with 17 swimmers swimming in the 27 second range.Top seed honors include: So Kijima (27.53) with Koshiro Nishio (27.55) and Yoshiteru Yamanaka (27.60) It's not that far.
Many of the strong athletes in other chest events here in Tokyo are Ippei Watanabe, Yamato Fukasawa, Hanaguruma Yuu Shoma Sato They seemed to be solely focused on the Olympic distance and did not compete.
