Japan's Seto makes history as three more records fall at short course worlds


Daiya Seto of Japan poses with his gold medal after winning the Men's 400m Individual Medley final at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2022 in Melbourne on Saturday, December 17, 2022. - AFP

MELBOURNE, Dec 17, 2022 (AFP): Japanese master Daiya Seto became the first swimmer ever to claim six straight world titles in the same event at a short course championships Saturday as Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte smashed the women's 50m breaststroke record.

Two further world records tumbled on day five in Melbourne -- in the men's and women's mixed 4x50m relays.

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