{"id":440638,"date":"2020-07-26T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=440638"},"modified":"2020-07-27T12:38:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T19:38:28","slug":"tokyo-vision-daiya-seto-seeking-to-ride-momentum-to-top-of-podium-in-400-im","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tokyo-vision-daiya-seto-seeking-to-ride-momentum-to-top-of-podium-in-400-im\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Vision: Daiya Seto Seeking to Ride Momentum to Top of Podium in 400 IM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tokyo Vision: Daiya Seto Seeking to Ride Momentum to Top of Podium in 400 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Had the COVID-19 pandemic not shaken the world, the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo<\/a> would be unfolding right now, titles and podium finishes earned by the finest athletes from around the world. Instead, we are in a competition lull and hopeful that the Games will be held next summer, with COVID-19 neutralized.<\/p>\n

As we reach the nine days over which the swimming competition of a delayed Olympiad would have taken place, Swimming World is taking a glimpse at what might have unfolded this summer, had the Olympics not been postponed. Following the official schedule, we offer our virtual fields of eight finalists for each event and take a brief look at how the racing might have panned out until a few strokes away from decision and a result that will not be known until July\/August 2021.<\/p>\n

League of Olympic Swim Legends: Michael Phelps Tops 400 IM Podium With Darnyi & Dolan<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Event:<\/strong> Men\u2019s 400 Individual Medley
\nWorld Record:<\/strong> Michael Phelps (2008) \u2013 4:03.84<\/p>\n

Historical Note #1:<\/strong> At the 1972 Games in Munich, Sweden\u2019s Gunnar Larsson<\/strong><\/a> won the gold medal over the United States\u2019 Tim<\/strong> McKee<\/strong> by .002. Larsson was timed in 4:31.981, with McKee touching in 4:31.983. It was later decided not to take results out to the thousandth of a second and if athletes tied to the hundredth of a second, they would share the medal.<\/p>\n

Historical Note #2:<\/strong> Hungary\u2019s Tamas Darnyi<\/strong> <\/a>was the first man to repeat as Olympic champion in the event, taking the crown in 1988 and 1992. Darnyi set a world record en route to a two-plus second victory over American David Wharton<\/strong> in Seoul and prevailed by more than a second over the United States Eric Namesnik<\/strong> in Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Virtual Vision<\/h3>\n

The Finalists (Listed Alphabetically)<\/strong><\/p>\n