The second 400m personal medley after Sagano's return, second place after Seto, November 23, 21:13

At the “Tokyo Open” swimming race where Japanese athletes participate, Kosuke Kanno entered the 400-meter personal medley for the first time after returning from rest and ranked second after rival Daiya Seto. was.

The “Tokyo Open” for swimming has been held at Tokyo Kashiwa International Swimming Center since 21st, and representative athletes participate as part of the training.

Of the events held on the 23rd, the third day of the tournament, this was the first time that the player won the gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after returning to the men's 400m individual medley for the first time after a return. I participated.

Sugano, who passed 2nd place in the qualifying, was the final, and became the lane next to his competitor, Seto, who was a bronze medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Tournament.

At the beginning of the race, Sugano was late butterfly and returned the first half in 4th place, but after that he moved up and finished second after Seto.

The time was 4 minutes 16 seconds 86, more than 10 seconds later than Japan's own record. The winner, Seto, was 4 minutes 10 seconds 04.

In other events, the men's 200-meter butterfly, Hungarian Krishtov Millak, who won the world record in the World Championships in July, and the silver medal Seto, played against each other.

On the 23rd, this was the 4th race on the 23rd, and the remaining 50m left the top for a while, but the last was overtaken by Mirak and finished 2nd at 1'54.36.

The winner, Mirak, was 1 minute 53 seconds 75.

Konno "This is the start line"

Upon entering the men's 400m individual medley, Sugano headed to the starting stage with a gentle expression that chewed him back to the race.

After the race, Sugano responded to the reporter's interview about the result of second place after rival Daiya Seto. “I lost and there is a part that I was disappointed, but with Daiya, I was very happy to be able to swim. "

On the other hand, after returning, he said that he had hardly practiced a 400 meter individual medley, so he said, “I honestly, I could swim faster than I expected. It was made clear that there was a response.

After that, he said, “I don't have enough power now, but I felt strongly that I wanted to win this event. I wanted to do my best to do it in production. This is the starting line.” I vowed to roll back for the Olympics.

Seto "Ogino is back and there is a fight"

Seto said about the final race: “It was a long time since I had a unique sense of tension. When Sagano came back, I could be in a fight. There was an accident that caused water to go into the goggles. "I looked back.

In the qualifying session in the morning, Mr. Seto called out at the meeting place where players gathered before the race to relieve the tension of Mr. Kanno.

Compared to the feelings of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics that he was conscious of Sagano, “What is different from before is that I set my own goals and raced with myself. Sagano is not very conscious. "I want to do everything in front of my eyes," he renewed his determination for next year's Tokyo Olympics.