Double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima won the men’s 100-meter breaststroke final at the Missouri Grand Prix on Friday.
Kitajima was well outside his personal best of 58.91 seconds, clocking 1 minute, 1.11 seconds to edge out 200 breaststroke world silver medalist Eric Shanteau of the United States, who timed 1:01.51.
“I thought I would like to swim inside one minute but that’s the way it goes,” said Kitajima, who also had the fastest qualifying time of 1:02.30.
“The 200 will probably be better,” said Kitajima, set to race in the 200 breaststroke on Saturday.