The women's 400m mixed swimming relay final at the Tokyo Olympics was successfully concluded, and the Australian team broke the Olympic record and won the gold medal with a time of 3 minutes 51.60 seconds. The host Team Japan sent four people to participate, including Konishi Konami, Kaoru Watanabe, Rihanako Ikee, and Chihiro Igarashi, and finally finished eighth in 3:58.12. It is worth noting that Ikee Rihanako, who once defeated leukemia and returned to the pool, played the third stick butterfly in this relay, and after the game, Chie smiled and hugged his teammates, and in an interview with reporters, Chie cried loudly.
Born in 2000, Rihanko Ikee won six gold medals and two silver medals when he represented Japan at the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018, stunning the whole of Asia. Arguably, she is a supernova on the Japanese swimming team and the current leader of the Japanese swim women's team, but in February 2019, she was diagnosed with leukemia and subsequently began a long and painful treatment. At one time, she had planned to give up the Tokyo Olympics in her home country to concentrate on preparing for the 2024 Paris Olympics, but now that she is still fulfilling her dream of the Tokyo Olympics, she cannot suppress her excitement after the games, and she cried bitterly on the sidelines.
A lot has happened in the last 5 years and I thought about death at one point. I had already given up on the Tokyo Olympics, but now I am happy to be part of the relay team in the final. I'm back from the lowest point in my life, but I'm proud to have competed in two consecutive Olympics.
Due to illness, Chi Jiang, who returned to the pool, lost her former well-defined muscles and rounded face, and she was even slightly thin when standing on the field, because of the treatment, she also had short hair. But even so, Chi Jiang can overcome the disease and return to the field, and her persistence and courage are admirable. What is even more touching is that after the interview with the Japanese team, China's Zhang Yufei took the initiative to go forward and hug the Japanese player Ikee Rihanako, whether as an opponent or a friend, the friendship between the two is very touching!