World Championships Medalist Daiya Seto Misses 400 IM Olympic QT
2024 JAPANESE OLYMPIC TRIALS
It was a shocker of a day for the men’s 400m IM at the Japanese Olympic Trials.
First, favorite medal Tomoru Honda missed out on making the final entirely. During this morning’s heats, the 22-year-old Honda clocked a time of 4:16.97. That was well off the 4:09.98 personal best he put on the books last December to render him 10th and out of the top 8.
Then, during tonight’s final, 13-time world champion Daiya Seto missed hitting the Japanese Swimming Federation (JASF)-mandated qualification time of 4:10.63 needed for Paris.
18-year-old Tomoyuki Matsushita upstaged Seto this evening.…