2024 JAPANESE OLYMPIC TRIALS
After a somber evening one the place no swimmer earned an Olympic qualification time, the Japanese Olympic Trials noticed a turnaround this night in Tokyo.
A trio of athletes made the grade, together with Tomoyuki Matsushita within the males’s 400m IM, together with Mizuki Hirai and Rikako Ikee within the ladies’s 100m fly.
The surprises had been that Tomoru Honda missed the boys’s 400m IM last whereas Daiya Seto missed the qualification time when ending with the silver behind Matsushita.
Additionally disappointing was the truth that, regardless of the highest 4 finishers within the males’s 100m breast all clocking sub-minute outcomes, none reached the choice commonplace.
Among the many races tomorrow evening, we’ll see nationwide report holder Katsuhiro Matsumoto vie for an Olympic spot within the males’s 200m free whereas 3-time Olympian Ryosuke Irie will attempt to make it 4 consecutive Video games appearances within the males’s 100m backstroke.
Japanese Particular person Olympic Qualifiers By means of Day 2 of Trials
