Rikako Ikee (20 = Renaissance), who aspires to recover from leukemia, won the championship for the first time in the fifth race of his return. In the final, he finished in 1st place with 25 seconds 77. August of last year, when he returned to the race, was positioned as “the beginning of his second life in swimming”, and it was a beautiful “first victory” for Ikee.

The classification appears in 5 groups. 26 seconds 38, moving away from second place and lower. He was passing 1st place overall. Although the 50-meter butterfly is a non-Olympic event, it broke the standard participation record of 27.52 in the Japan Championships (April, Tokyo Aquatic Center) in one go.

Ikee participated in the favorite 100 meter butterfly on the 20th for the first time in 2 years and 1 month. 3rd place with 59.44 seconds, breaking the standard record for participation in the Japan Championship. He said frankly, “Isn’t it that narrow? It’s quite difficult.” After sunrise, show the speed in the event with the shortest distance. It wasn’t a top-place match in Japan, but it took 176 days after returning to the race on August 29 of last year, eventually becoming the top-place match.

Ikee has now secured his qualifications for the Japan Championship in 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 100m butterfly. On the 20th, he said that he would like to consider participating in the championship from now on, saying that he would like to determine his fitness and condition.