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Keiichi Kimura targets his best performance at Aichi-Nagoya Para Games
Japanese swimmer Keiichi Kimura is preparing to compete at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games, which open Sunday.
The 36-year-old has competed at five Paralympic Games and won 10 medals.
He is blind and races in the S11 category, for athletes with extremely low vision or no light perception.
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he retained his title in the men's 100-meter butterfly and also won the 50-meter freestyle, both in Japanese-record times.
After returning to swimming in February last year, he has worked to improve his technique, relying on his times and how tired he feels rather than video.
This will be his first international multisport event in Japan since the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021.
He hopes the Games will renew public interest in athletes with disabilities and says he will aim for his best performance.
Five-time Paralympic swimmer Keiichi Kimura says he aims to deliver his best performance at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games.
The 36-year-old retained his men’s S11 100-meter butterfly title at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
He also won the 100-meter butterfly and 50-meter freestyle in Japanese-record times in Paris.
Kimura says he wants people to see how athletes with disabilities use innovation to reach their potential.
- Who
- Keiichi Kimura, a five-time Paralympic swimmer.
- What
- He is targeting his best performance at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games.
- When
- The Games were due to open Sunday; the article was published October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- He aims to deliver his best performance and hopes to renew public interest in athletes with disabilities.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I will work hard to deliver my best performance.
I want people to see what innovations we use to draw out our potential.
There is still more I can do.
Kimura retained his men’s S11 100-meter butterfly title and won the 100-meter butterfly and 50-meter freestyle in Japanese-record times at the Paris Paralympics.
Kimura resumed swimming and focused on improving his form.
Mainichi EN reported that Kimura was preparing for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games, due to open Sunday.
- Paralympic appearances
- Five
- Paralympic medals
- 10
- Age
- 36
- Paris 2024 title
- Men’s S11 100-meter butterfly
- Paris 2024 Japanese-record wins
- 100-meter butterfly and 50-meter freestyle
Sources
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