Kosuke Hagino continued to perform at a world-class level by winning his fourth gold medal of the Asian Games in the men's 400-meter individual medley Wednesday.

In the event in which he edged Michael Phelps to take bronze at the London Olympics, Hagino pulled away in the freestyle to win in a games record of 4 minutes, 7.75 seconds, opening up a gap of 2.43 over second-place Yang Zhixian of China.

Hagino's teammate Daiya Seto, the defending world champion in the 400 IM, settled for a distant third in 4:10.39.