{"id":518886,"date":"2022-12-16T18:29:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T01:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=518886"},"modified":"2022-12-16T20:04:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T03:04:55","slug":"world-championships-day-five-prelims-daiya-seto-leads-400-im-prelims-in-pursuit-of-sixth-consecutive-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-five-prelims-daiya-seto-leads-400-im-prelims-in-pursuit-of-sixth-consecutive-title\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships, Day Five Prelims: Daiya Seto Leads 400 IM Prelims in Pursuit of Sixth Consecutive Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships, Day Five Prelims: Daiya Seto Leads 400 IM Prelims in Pursuit of Sixth Consecutive Title<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the signature races of day five of the Short Course World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, is the men’s 400 individual medley. Long course world champion\u00a0Leon Marchand<\/strong> is not competing this week, but the headline swimmer is a man who has achieved unprecedented success in the short course 400 IM. Japan’s\u00a0Daiya Seto<\/strong> is the five-time defending champion in the event, a streak going back to 2012, and he will aim to become the first swimmer to win six consecutive world titles in one event, long course or short course.<\/p>\n

Seto qualified first for the final ahead of long course Worlds silver medalist\u00a0Carson Foster<\/strong> while Italy led the way in a tight field in the men’s 200 medley relay prelims. Meanwhile, the Italian men topped the 200 medley relay before\u00a0Noe Ponti\u00a0<\/strong>topped the field in the 100 butterfly and\u00a0Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> finished first in the 50 breaststroke.<\/p>\n