Japanese Swimming Federation Refutes Studies of Management Shakeup
The Japanese Swimming Federation has refuted a report printed earlier Tuesday that it’s changing its director.
Olympic web site Inside The Video games, citing sources, reported that Takayuki Umehara will step down from his job as the pinnacle of Japanese swimming operations. The article was mirrored by reporting in Japan.
The JASF, nevertheless, posted a letter to its web site refuting these experiences (pdf), saying that “there was no dialogue or deliberation relating to the present chairman’s resignation or his time period of workplace.” The letter additionally confused that the federation would take into consideration extra than simply the Japanese nationwide staff’s efficiency on the latest Paris Olympics in plotting a course ahead towards the 2028 Video games, soliciting enter from coaches and athletes in what appears like a broader evaluation of procedures.
Japan is coming off a historic wrestle in Paris, the place it took house only one medal as a rustic. On the Tokyo Video games in 2020, the nation gained solely three swimming medals – double gold within the particular person medleys for Yui Ohashi, silver within the 200 fly for Tomoru Honda – down from seven medals and two gold on the Rio Video games and 11 medals in London. It’s the worst Japanese efficiency because the nation was shut out on the 1996 Olympic Video games in Atlanta.
This system is going through generational change within the pool. Daiya Seto is 30 and simply completed his third Olympics. Ohashi is 28 years previous; she didn’t qualify for the Olympics within the 400 IM and didn’t make the Olympic last within the 200 IM in Paris. Ryosuke Irie retired in April after falling wanting qualification for a fifth Olympics. The lone medal in Paris is at the very least from an up-and-comer in Tomoyuki Matsushita, the 19-year-old incomes silver within the 400 particular person medley.
Umehara was named to the director place in 2021. He is because of serve a time period till 2025. Umehara rose to prominence in Japanese swimming first as Seto’s coach.
