{"id":448027,"date":"2020-09-30T09:07:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T16:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=448027"},"modified":"2021-04-02T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T22:14:12","slug":"daiya-seto-resigns-as-japans-olympic-captain-after-marital-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/daiya-seto-resigns-as-japans-olympic-captain-after-marital-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"Daiya Seto Resigns as Japan’s Olympic Captain After Extra-Marital Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"

World champion Daiya Seto <\/strong>has resigned as captain of Japan\u2019s Olympic swimming team on Wednesday after admitting to an extramarital affair, according to the Japan Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Seto visited the Japan Swimming Federation Wednesday, according to the Times<\/a>, and submitted his resignation as captain for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. He was originally named team captain in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very sorry,\u201d Seto said, according to a federation executive that spoke with the Japan Times<\/em>. \u201cI want to do my best to restore peoples\u2019 trust, so I ask for your continuing support in this effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the report, Seto\u2019s agent issued an apology last Thursday<\/a>, a day after a magazine published a story about him being at a “love hotel” with someone other than his wife.<\/p>\n

Daiya Seto’s sponsors have also weighed in on the situation. According to the report, he will forgo his image-rights agreement with the Japanese Olympic Committee. All Nippon Airways Co. has also severed ties with Seto.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been supporting Seto, but this problem does not fit with the image our company hopes to project,\u201d the company told the Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Seto is the reigning world champion in the 200-meter individual medley and 400-meter individual medley and has been one of the world’s elite for several years. He has turned in some of his best performances<\/a> in the past two years, including worlds and the Kitajima Cup to open 2020. He earned the bronze medal in the 400 IM at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.<\/p>\n

Here is Seto’s place among the top 400 IM swimmers in history:<\/p>\n

The All-Time Top 5 in 400 IM:<\/strong><\/p>\n