{"id":114345,"date":"2014-11-14T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T19:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=114345"},"modified":"2014-11-14T12:09:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T19:09:41","slug":"kosuke-hagino-want-ryan-lochtes-400-im-short-course-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kosuke-hagino-want-ryan-lochtes-400-im-short-course-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosuke Hagino: I Want Ryan Lochte’s 400 IM Short Course World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOKYO \u2013 The 32 athletes who will represent Japan at next month\u2019s short course world championships are wrapping up a training camp in Tokyo that featured a comment from Asian Games star Kosuke Hagino that he\u2019s going after Ryan Lochte\u2019s 400 IM world record.<\/p>\n

In meeting with the media, Hagino said \u201cYou have to be especially aware of your technique, especially the turns\u201d in short course racing, but was optimistic that he can challenge Lochte\u2019s four-year-old world mark of 3:55.50. Hagino posted a 3:56.48 last year in the event, but will go into worlds without having raced a short course 400 IM in 2014. He\u2019ll be pushed by countryman Daiya Seto, the reigning world champion in both short course and long course.<\/p>\n

Below are a few photos from the media day at the training camp, featuring Hagino, Ryosuke Irie and Kanako Watanabe.<\/p>\n