{"id":407885,"date":"2019-12-20T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T22:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=407885"},"modified":"2019-12-20T19:12:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T02:12:25","slug":"daiya-seto-downs-ryan-lochtes-2010-world-record-in-354-at-isl-final-race-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/daiya-seto-downs-ryan-lochtes-2010-world-record-in-354-at-isl-final-race-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Daiya Seto Downs Ryan Lochte’s 2010 World Record In 3:54 At ISL Final [RACE VIDEO & Photo Gallery]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daiya Seto Sets First League World Record Among Men<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

International Swimming League Final,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The first five races of the first Final Match in International Swimming League<\/strong> Pro-Team history saw Cali Condors<\/strong>‘ aces soar to a High Five in five.<\/p>\n

Then came the first Japanese and Asian man to enter League waters. The debut of Daiya Seto<\/strong> was full of spark for Energy: World record, 3:54.81, \u00a0smoke off the water, Ryan Lochte<\/strong>‘s 3:55.50 nine-year-old standard sunk at last, the first sub-3:55 in the pantheon.<\/p>\n

Seto did not clip the Condor’s wings for long (though Energy would indeed finish a touch ahead on points at half-time in this two-day season showdown of a match<\/a>): Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> made it two League World records for the men: a dominant 20.24 in the 50m freestyle<\/a> not only shaved 0.02sec off the previous standard but beat the previous holder, too, Energy’s Florent Manaudou<\/strong>, the 2012 Olympic champion who claimed silver in 2016, home in time to see the fist-pump of the new fastest sprinter in history.<\/p>\n

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Daiya Seto ploughs towards the world record over 400m medley at the ISL final in Las Vegas – Photo Courtesy: Fabio Ferrari\/LaPresse<\/p><\/div>\n

Seto’s sizzler marked the first World record in league waters for a man, Minna Atherton<\/strong> having made history as the first woman to achieve that accolade when she cracked the 200m backstroke mark in Budapest last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Daiya Seto, the double World champion over 200m and 400m medley in Gwangju, Korea, this year, had given warning last month \u00a0when he swam an Asian record of 3:55.53 at Japanese nationals. 0.03sec shy. Now 0.69 inside.<\/p>\n

Lochte’s record was good for the world title back in 2010 and included a killer last 100m freestyle. Seto was between 2-3secs up on Lochte’s pace throughout the first three strokes, felt the heat and pain on freestyle but had done enough:<\/p>\n