Kosuke Kitajima announced his retirement from the sport of swimming, following his fifth place finish in the 200 breaststroke at the 2016 Japanese Olympic Trials. The most decorated breaststroker of all time spoke a little bit more with the media, and became tearful at times.
While Kitajima did not want to talk about what will come next in his life, citing just announcing his retirement, and still processing not meeting his goal of another Olympic Games, he spoke on his final race and his relationship with his coach.
Norimasa Hirai has worked with his swimmer since junior high school, and Kitajima reflected on how much he appreciated that Hirai, “always tried to lift me up.” It was no different before his last race. Kitajima shared, “‘As usual, he said to me the same words, ‘All right, let’s go.’”
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