Daiya Seto won his third career 400-meter individual medley world championship, and also secured a second spot at next summer's Olympics in Tokyo, on the final day of the FINA World Swimming Championships on Sunday. Seto finished in 4 minutes, 8.95 seconds to edge American ...
Japan's Daiya Seto claims 200-meter individual medley gold at worlds, ending U.S. winning streak
Daiya Seto captured the men's 200-meter individual medley title at the FINA World Swimming Championships on Thursday night. He completed the race in 1 minute, 56.14 seconds. Jeremy Desplanches of Switzerland took silver. Chase Kalisz, the 2017 champion, earned bronze, ending the Americans' streak of ...
Daiya Seto wins 400 medley for third title of national championships
Daiya Seto claimed his third title of the national swimming championships Monday with victory in the men's 400-meter individual medley. On the final day of the week-long competition at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Seto touched the wall in a time of 4 minutes, 9.98 ...
Daiya Seto breaks 200-meter butterfly short-course record to stun Chad Le Clos
Daiya Seto smashed Chad le Clos' short-course record in the men's 200-meter butterfly as he grabbed gold at the world championships to stun the South African on Tuesday. The 24-year-old Seto pipped his more famous rival by only 0.08 second to make a piece of ...
Reigning world silver medalist Yasuhiro Koseki and Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto each collected their second gold medals on Wednesday as Japan won four events on the fourth day of Asian Games swimming. Koseki, who won silver in the 200 breaststroke at the 2017 worlds, ...
Daiya Seto defended his 200-meter butterfly title at the Asian Games on Sunday. Seto, the reigning world bronze medalist in the event who claimed gold at the Asian Games in Incheon in 2014, touched in 1 minute, 54.53 seconds in the final at GBK Aquatic ...
Rikako Ikee won gold in the women's 100-meter butterfly final and set a national in the process on Saturday, bagging her third medal at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. The 18-year-old touched the wall in 56.08 seconds at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, 0.36 seconds ...
Seto outsprints de Deus down the stretch to nab 200-meter butterfly title at Pan Pacs
Daiya Seto was looking for nothing but the gold medal when he entered the water. Mission accomplished. Seto successfully did so with a gutsy performance before the home crowd at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on Friday night. The 24-year-old passed Leonardo de Deus of Brazil in ...
Kalisz outlasts Hagino, Seto in 400 IM on Pan Pacs opening day
Chase Kalisz proved he’s currently the best individual medley swimmer in the world with a crushing victory over the Japanese star duo. The American geared up after the 250-meter turn to take a lead and only widened the gap on former world champions Kosuke Hagino ...
Two-time world champion and Rio Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto claimed a medal at a third straight world swimming championships on Wednesday, taking bronze in the 200-meter butterfly. The 23-year-old finished 0.88 seconds behind South Africa's Chad le Clos, who won gold in 1 minute, ...
Daiya Seto set a new personal record of 4 minutes, 7.99 seconds in the men's 400-meter individual medley on Sunday at an event in Rome. The 23-year-old, who won the bronze medal in the event at the Rio Games last summer, came second behind David ...
Seto leaves for Europe ahead of world swimming championships
Daiya Seto took the next step in his quest for a third straight 400-meter individual medley world championship on Wednesday, when he departed for training in Europe ahead of July's worlds. In the buildup to the worlds in Budapest, the spotlight is focused on the ...
