On June 6, Japan's 24-year-old Rio Olympics men's 400m individual medley champion and Japanese swimmer Kosuke Haruno announced his comeback in Tokyo after more than three months of rest. But it is certain that it will not qualify for this year's World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, and the first match of the comeback may be the World Cup in Tokyo in August or the national tournament in Ibaraki in September.
During the Konami Open in February this year, after the 400m individual medley preliminaries, Kosuke Haruno, who was not satisfied with the performance, withdrew from the subsequent competition and also missed the national team's training in Spain. Later, he admitted that there was a problem in the mentality and lack of motivation for swimming.
In the interview, Hagino revealed that he has been training since the 4th of this month, and he is currently losing 5 kilograms compared to his best state of 72 kilograms! But the ambition in my heart has not changed: "The goal of the Tokyo Olympics has not wavered in the number of gold medals. The mood became firm, determined to refuel. ”
A group of Japanese journalists visited Kosuke Haruno
"I really enjoy swimming, but I'm starting to hate swimming." Confess that she felt lonely because she forced herself into a desperate situation, and worried about the result before the game. Coach Hirai Bochang comforted him: "Everything must be obeyed by your own will." The option to resign can also be included, but if you still want to swim, you can swim. ”
For Hagino, the "magic power", this was the first long vacation of his life. In Germany, Greece and other countries, he met many strangers of all kinds. While distracting, I was doing multiple choice questions.
"Is it okay to end like this?" Hate it and love swimming. I still want to swim, I want to swim faster, and I don't think it's time to retire. At the Japan Swimming Championships in April, the same group of teammates fighting inspired Hagino, "Everyone is working hard, I still want to stand on that stage." ”
As a result, Haruno re-entered the swimming pool last month and officially started training at Toyo University, a training base, on the 4th of this month. Too strong, he decided to open his heart to the outside world: "I didn't show my weaknesses to others before, and I wanted to solve them alone." But (in the future) in the process of moving towards the goal, if I feel pressure or pain, I will say to others, 'I think so.' I think it's better than a person facing it. ”
"Now I like to swim very much, I have the desire to swim, and I am very happy." Kosuke Hagino said with a smile.
(He Xia)