We reported last month how 27-year-old world record holder Daiya Seto of Japan would soon begin training in the United States and it appears the versatile ace has settled on his first stop.
Per his own social media posts, Seto is training at the Univesity of Georgia, sharing lanes with United States’ rivals Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland.
Despite entering the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with the top-seeded time of the year, Seto missed out on the final, placing 9th at the home-based Games. Instead, it was Kalisz and Litherland who went 1-2, with Aussie newcomer Brendon Smith claiming bronze in the men’s 400m IM this summer.
From what Seto told SwimSwam recently, he doesn’t plan on sticking to one program while splitting training time between the U.S. and Japan but is rather taking on a roadshow of sorts to try out different philosophies, methods and coaching styles around the nation.
It was just last month the man became the 4th Japanese swimmer ever to become a true professional athlete, declaring emancipation from the Japanese Swimming Federation (JASF). In doing so, Seto is officially a professional athlete and will now be primarily responsible for expenses related to training camps and trips. However, the restrictions on Seto’s commercial activities will be relaxed, which opens the door for more earning opportunities heading into Paris 2024.
false god
He better hurry, we don’t know how long Seto is staying and what kind of shape Jay and Chase are in?
What 4 Japanese swimmers went “pro” during their career?
Hagino, kitajima, & watanabe plus now seto
Thanks
Does Jay speak Japanese? Might be an additional draw for Seto spending some time there. So many of these foreign swimmers who have traveled extensively speak English, but I’m sure it makes it easier when you have someone who speaks your native language.
Yes they spoke Japanese growing up in their home!
Most Georgians sound foreign to me. There are only so many syllables you can crowd into monosyllabic words.
Aren’t you from Texas?
I do two syllables max in a monosyllabic word. Georgia natives, they’re up to three or four. Fork has three syllables.
This MF about to go a sub 4:00 at world champs fueled by nothing but vengeance and a love for self torture
And at least a party at UGA
All they need is for Carson Foster to pop over to train with them for a week after Thanksgiving. That would be “Aces.”
Assuming Kalisz isn’t retiring, IM practices in Georgia are gonna be insane.
In terms of LCM hardware, probably the three best 400 IMers in the world currently active in the event.
Well Lochte is not officially retired.
Yeah but he cant do it anymore
He better go to some college parties too
Feel like that’s not what he needs for his relationship
Also, he is 27
Pretty sure Lochte was partying until like 33
His therapist facepalming as the Instagram pics of beer pong surface.
After some cheating allegations, probably not the greatest idea.
If you’re going to be a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning.
– Ryan Lochte
“What defines me? Ryan Lochte.”
“What I was always good at was letting things go through one ear and out the other, so to say.”
Athens is party central no way he doesn’t go to any hahaha