Kosuke Hagino wins Men’s 400m IM heats: Day one - Tatsumi International Pool, Tokyo
Kosuke Hagino won the qualification rounds of Men’s 400m Individual Medley (IM) on initial day of the Tatsumi International Pool in Tokyo, Japan on Monday, April 2.
Hagino stayed prominently ahead of his competitors and sprinted his way towards the finishing end for top qualification spot of the race. With his immaculate effort, he easily overpowered his challengers and entered the final round as strongest swimmer for
gold medal.
With his mind-blowing performance, he remained almost one body length ahead of his subsequent rival, Yuuya Horihata, and occupied top qualification spot of the race by posting a time of 4 minutes and 14.97 seconds.
His strongest swimmer remained 1.42 seconds slower from him and emerged on the finishing end as second position holder by posting a time of 4 minutes and 16.39 seconds.
He was followed by his compatriot, Daiya Seto, who remained just 0.03 seconds slower from him over the finishing end and hit the finishing blockade by posting a time of 4 minutes and 16.42 seconds for third position.
The fourth spot of the discipline was obtained by Hiromasa Fujimori of Japan, who stayed nearly one second slower from his former finisher and clocked an effort of 4 minutes and 17.69 seconds.
In the meantime, the crowd witnessed ruthless efforts of Natsumi Hoshi, who snared fastest qualification spot of Women’s 100m butterfly. Natsumi faced strong battle from her closest competitor in the double-lap butterfly event, but with her utter determination,
she completed her race with an effort of 58.78 seconds.
She remained 0.04 seconds ahead of Yuka Katou, who clocked an effort of 58.82 seconds for second position. Katou was trailed by Tomoyo Fukuda, who suffered a loss of 0.19 seconds from her preceding swimmer and tapped the wall with the timing of 59.01 seconds.
The third position holder of the event was followed by Nao Kobayashi, who remained 0.19 seconds slower from her foregoing competitor and hit the wall with an effort of 59.20 seconds.
Hagino and Hoshi were delighted with their top qualification efforts and expressed their desire of continuing the same in the subsequent rounds.
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