Swimming: Japan's Daiya Seto wins 200 IM, books Tokyo Olympic berth

Daiya Seto won the men's 200-meter individual medley at the world championships on Thursday and became the first Japanese swimmer to book a ticket for next summer's Tokyo Olympics.Seto topped a podium at the worlds for the third time in his career after clocking 1 minute, 56.14 seconds in the eight-man field in South Korea. He finished 0.42 second ahead of Jeremy Desplanches of Switzerland.Not only did Seto become the first Japanese world champion in the 200 IM, but he tied four-time Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima for the most worlds gold medals by a Japanese swimmer.The 25-y…READ FULL ARTICLE