<![CDATA[ Tokyo Games: Cancer-surviving swimmer books her Olympic berth ]]> Read | JNU issues new guidelines for students and teachers due to rising Covid-19 cases The 20-year-old Ikee returned to the pool about a year ago but had said her goal was only to prepare for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. She had downplayed her chances for her home Olympics. She would have been among the favorites in several Olympic races in Tokyo races if she had not fallen ill and faced setbacks. “I wanted to try to feel true happiness just being here,” she added.  
“My teammates cheered me on, sending me off (to the race). And so I am now filled with happiness.”
Ikee won six gold medals in 2018 at the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, which included the 50 and 100-meter freestyle, and the 50 and 100-meter butterfly. She also won gold in two relays, and added two silvers. Her time in winning the 100-meter butterfly in Jakarta was 56.08 seconds, the fastest of the season. She was closing in on the world record held by Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden of 55.48. It remains the world-record time. She finished sixth in the 100-meter butterfly in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Source: zeenews  ]]> en Mon, 04 05, 2021 08:33 am <![CDATA[ Tokyo Games: Cancer-surviving swimmer books her Olympic berth ]]> Read | JNU issues new guidelines for students and teachers due to rising Covid-19 cases The 20-year-old Ikee returned to the pool about a year ago but had said her goal was only to prepare for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. She had downplayed her chances for her home Olympics. She would have been among the favorites in several Olympic races in Tokyo races if she had not fallen ill and faced setbacks. “I wanted to try to feel true happiness just being here,” she added.  
“My teammates cheered me on, sending me off (to the race). And so I am now filled with happiness.”
Ikee won six gold medals in 2018 at the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, which included the 50 and 100-meter freestyle, and the 50 and 100-meter butterfly. She also won gold in two relays, and added two silvers. Her time in winning the 100-meter butterfly in Jakarta was 56.08 seconds, the fastest of the season. She was closing in on the world record held by Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden of 55.48. It remains the world-record time. She finished sixth in the 100-meter butterfly in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Source: zeenews  ]]> News 2 Mon, 04 05, 2021 08:33 am