Shotaro Shimazaki, 27, a swimming instructor at Yokota Air Base, Japan, is a competitive breaststroker who plans to enter trials that will determine who competes for Japan at the summer games in Tokyo. (THERON GODBOLD/STARS AND STRIPES) ()
Just one second separates a swimming instructor at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo from his dream of representing Japan at next year’s Olympic Games.
Produced by Theron Godbold/Stars and Stripes
