At noon today, the famous Japanese swimmer Rika Omoto announced through his social media that he would retire from active sports and end his professional swimming career.
Rika Obunen said that he wants to live an honest and honest life, work hard, continue to learn and continue to grow. It seems that there are many things that others do not know. National team teammate and best friend Tsuki Imai took the lead, and other swimming fans expressed their gratitude to Rika Omoto for their hard work over the years. At the National Sports Conference in September this year, Rika Omoto hinted that he would retire, and this time it was a real hammer.
Although he has not won a World Series medal, Oka Omoto ranks quite well in the few World Series battles. At the '19 World Championships, Big Ben finished fifth in the women's 200m individual medley. This year's World Championships Big Ben finished fourth again in this event. In addition, in the men's and women's 4x100 mixed relay, as the fourth freestyler, he helped Japan to finish seventh at this year's World Championships.
There are also two Asian records for relays. One is the women's 4x50m freestyle relay created at the 18 Hangzhou Short Course World Championships, and the other is the men's and women's 4x100 self-relay created at the 19 World Championships. Of course, the premise that the Japanese team can hold the Asian record in these two relay events is that the Chinese team does not take them seriously at all.
Big Ben's threat to the Chinese team is obvious, and perhaps her sprint freestyle is not enough to compete with China's top athletes, but the top five in the 200 mixed two World Series competitions is in the upper hand compared to Yu Yiting, the strongest player in China. Her retirement also left one less obstacle to compete in the medley at the next year's Asian Games.