Daiya Seto won the bronze medal in the men's 400m individual medley at the World Swimming Championships held in Qatar, Middle East. Seto has won seven consecutive medals at the World Championships.
On the 18th, the final day of the World Swimming Championships held in Doha, Qatar, the men's 400m individual medley final was held, and from Japan, Seto, who has been training based in Australia since last fall, However, he passed the qualifying in 3rd place and entered the race.
In the first half, Seto fell behind in 4th place in the first butterfly, his specialty, and was unable to improve his position in the following backstroke.
Still, she closed the gap in the second half of the breaststroke, then caught up in the final freestyle, gaining ground just before the finish and winning the bronze medal with a time of 4:12.51.
This is Seto's seventh consecutive medal at the World Championships.
Seto said, ``In the first half, I wasn't fast enough and my pace was off, and I couldn't pick up the pace in the second half.I was lucky to win the bronze medal, and I'm glad I was able to go home with a medal, but I'm not satisfied with my time. I haven't been able to get up to speed with my butterfly, which is my specialty, so I want to practice hard.I want to take on a tough challenge in the month leading up to the Paris Olympics national team trials.''
The Japanese swimmers won two medals at this year's competition: Akira Honda's gold medal in the men's 200m butterfly, and Seto's bronze medal this time.