The gold standard for which Kosuke Hagino has become known was not exactly evident in Thursday's 400-meter individual medley at the national swimming championships, where the Rio Olympic champion was denied a sixth successive title by Daiya Seto.In his second meet back from right-elbow surgery he had in September, his first in Japan after the operation, Hagino admittedly labored through the heats before succumbing to two-time world champion Seto by a touch -- by 0.01 second -- in the final.Hagino's time of 4 minutes, 10.45 seconds was more than four seconds off the Japan record he owns. Whi…READ FULL ARTICLE
