Daiya Seto Makes History With Fourth Straight 400 IM Win
Japan’s Daiya Seto made history in the men’s 400 IM, winning his fourth straight short course World Championships title in the event. Seto touched in 3:56.43, the only swimmer in the field under 4:00, securing his fourth consecutive victory in the event to become the first male in Short Course Worlds history to complete the four-peat in the 400 IM. Seto was also just off of his own Asian record of 3:56.33 in the event, and was just under a second away from Ryan Lochte’s world record.
This continues a strong meet for the 24-year old, who broke the world record in the 200 fly on the opening night of the meet.
Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes was second in 4:02.72, just beating out Brazilian Brandonn Almeida (4:03.71).
Immediately after the race he said: “It came down to what I thought it might come down to for the medals and I just trusted my finish, trusted my freestyle and trusted my ability to go out and conserve energy.
“I really wanted to make sure I was on the podium tonight, to make sure I could re-establish myself after the last 12 months and I feel like I did that tonight,” he said.
Congratulations