Daiya Seto Crushes 400 IM Field En Route to Gold

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Men’s 400 IM:

Josh Prenot of the USA led the men’s 400 individual medley throughout the first 100 meters of the race, but Japan’s Daiya Seto took command of the race during the backstroke leg and never looked back. Seto continued to build his lead through the backstroke and breaststroke legs, leaving the field to race for second by the freestyle leg. Seto touched in a time of 3:59.24 to be the only swimmer to post a sub-4 minute time.

Great Britain’s Max Litchfield made his move in the final 75 meters of the race, chasing down both Hungary’s David Verraszto and Prenot. Litchfield bypassed both of them to finish second overall with a time of 4:00.66.

Verraszto finished third overall with a time of 4:01.56, followed by Prenot and his time of 4:01.94.

Mark Szarenek of Great Britain took fifth with a time of 4:04.57, while Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta was sixth with a 4:04.89.

Japan’s Takeharu Fujimori and the USA’s Abrahm Devine were seventh and eighth respectively with times of 4:04.90 and 4:06.02.

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