Daiya Seto breaks 11-year-old Japan 200-meter butterfly record
Daiya Seto sped to a Japan-record 1 minute, 52.53 seconds to win the men's 200-meter butterfly on Saturday in the Champions Swim Series 2020 in Beijing. Despite saying he was not in good form, Seto broke the national mark set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics ...
Forecasting Japan's top medal hopefuls for 2020 Games
Japan's Olympians intend to take the nation by storm with their best-ever results at the 2020 Tokyo Games this summer. The Japanese Olympic Committee has hammered out a goal of 30 gold medals, nearly doubling its previous record, at the world's biggest sporting extravaganza. The ...
Kosuke Kitajima to lead Tokyo's International Swimming League team
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima will head the new Tokyo-based International Swimming League team that will join the series in 2020. The Tokyo club, which has yet to be named, was unveiled on Saturday in Las Vegas, where the ISL capped its inaugural season ...
Daiya Seto, Caeleb Dressel set world records in final meet of International Swimming League season
Daiya Seto and Caeleb Dressel clocked short-course world records Friday as the International Swimming League brought its high-octane brand to Las Vegas for the season one series finale. Seto, who figures to be a star of the Tokyo Olympics next year, made a splashy ISL ...
Swimming World honors Daiya Seto for achievements this year
Daiya Seto, one of Japan's elite swimmers of the 21st century, was recently recognized for his top accomplishments this year. Swimming World magazine this month named the 25-year-old Seto its Male Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year. The magazine's annual awards also include male and female ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
