On the 22nd of the World Swimming Championships held in Hungary, the men's 200m individual medley final of swimming was held, and Daiya Seto won the bronze medal.
Seto, who won the gold medal in this event of the previous tournament, passed the semi-final held the day before in 3rd place and advanced to the final on the 22nd.
In the final, when he returned to 4th place in the first half, he caught up with a breaststroke that he was confident, but he did not reach the French 20-year-old Leon Marchand who won the 400-meter individual medley and won the bronze medal at 1 minute 56 seconds 22 did.
Seto said, "I wanted to return to Japan in a way that I was completely convinced of. I did everything I could. Many young athletes came out and I got a good stimulus. I want to do my best until the Paris Olympics. "
In addition, in the women's 800-meter relay final, Japan finished 8th at 8: 0: 03.
In the men's 200-meter breaststroke semi-final, Yu Hanawa, who participated for the first time, advanced to the final in 3rd place overall, and Ryuya Mura, the representative of the Tokyo Olympics, 8th overall.