Two individual medley titles at the 2019 world championships had Daiya Seto nicely set up for Tokyo Olympic gold, only for the coronavirus pandemic and an extramarital affair to cloud his bid for glory.
Six months after the one-year postponement of the Games, a gossip magazine reported that he was cheating on his wife, leaving the 27-year-old a forlorn figure.
Seto stepped down as captain of Japan's swim team, was barred from competition and official training until the end of 2020 and, in addition, lost his image-rights agreement with the Japanese Olympic Committee and a sponsorship with All Nippon Airways Co.