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Produced by Coleman Hodges.
Reported by Mitch Bowmile.
MEN’S 400M IM FINALS
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Top Seed: 4:08.12 – Chase Kalisz – USA
World Record: 4:03.84 (2008) – Michael Phelps – USA
JR World Record: 4:14.00 – Sean Grieshop – USA
Olympic Record: 4:03.84 (2008) – Michael Phelps – USA
2012 Olympic Champion: 4:05.18 – Ryan Lochte – USA
For the first time since the 1992 Olympic Games, an American will not sit on the top of the podium in the men’s 400m IM. Also for the first time, a Japanese swimmer will stand on top of the podium for the men’s 400m IM.
Kosuke Hagino was fresh as can be in the final tonight, moving way out in front with his countryman Daiya Seto at the halfway point in the race.
Hagino continued to lead on the breaststroke, where American Chase Kalisz began to close the gap. At the 300-meter wall, Kalisz passed Seto and began to put the pressure on Hagino.
Kalisz managed to swim up to Hagino’s hip, but couldn’t get any farther than that as Hagino held him off in order to win his first Olympic gold medal, and his second Olympic medal in this event. Hagino was second in 4:06.05, Kalisz was second in 4:06.75.
Seto faded to third overall in 4:09.71, slower than the time he swam in the heats this morning. Max Litchfield closed the gap on him slightly, finishing fourth for Britain.
The United States has won 8/13 Olympic 400m IMs now. This is only the second and third medal for Japan in this event ever, adding to Haginos’ bronze from 2012.
- Kosuke Hagino – Japan – 4:06.05
- Chase Kalisz – USA – 4:06.75
- Daiya Seto – Japan – 4:09.71
- Max Litchfield – Britain – 4:11.62
- Jay Litherland – USA – 4:11.68
- Thomas Fraser-Holmes – Australia – 4:11.90
- Travis Mahoney – Australia – 4:15.48
- Joan Lluis Pons Ramon – Spain – 4:16.58
Yo swimswam, Is there any way you can post the interviews of the other swimmers besides americans. I aint bilingual but you can learn plenty about what this moment means to them through their body language and the way they speak, and it would be good for all us ‘muricans to broaden our cultural horizons.
You smart. You loyal. I appreciate that.
We have olympics to showcase ‘greatness’. We want to see greatness, so we can be inspired to reach to greatness for ourselves. Greatness can be created from all kinds of different avenues, and thats why this is such a fun spectacle.
He absolutely delivered, 2.5sec PB in total from his 2013 PB, when many here had expressed concern that he hadn’t made any progress in the last 3 years.
Drink water and Gatorade like the Japanese swimmers. The coke he is drinking isn’t healthy for the body 🙁
I believe he is done for this Olympics, so right now he deserves a little celebration. Silver medal ain’t half-bad.
HAHA…I think that coke and powerade has been sitting there unopened since the first news conference. Coke makes Powerade so makes sense why both are up there, but yeah you don’t want to be drinking coke while at the Olympics 🙂
Gatorade is just as full of sugar. Unless you’re his nutritionist, I’d back off on policing his dietary choices.
He shouldn’t! He dropped a second during prelims and then dropped over a second again during finals. He gave Hagino a good race when everyone thought Hagino was a lock for gold
A 4:06.75 is probably better than anyone expected as well. That’s some rare company to be in, people who have gone 4:06 textile.