Kosuke Hagino succumbed to the class of world and Olympic champion Sun Yang in the men's 400-meter freestyle, missing out on his fourth gold medal of the Asian Games on Tuesday.
Hagino settled for silver, 1.25 seconds behind China's Sun, who clocked 3 minutes, 43.23 seconds in his signature event. Park Tae-hwan of South Korea came in a distant third, 5.10 out of first place.
"These two guys aren't just the best in Asia, but in the entire world," Hagino said. "I fell short of my personal best tonight but if I get another chance, I want to take another shot at them."