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Masato Sakai & Park Tae-Hwan Headline Third Night Of Asian Championships
- Updated: November 19, 2016
Consider him the lost man. As Michael Phelps roared to victory in the 200 butterfly at last summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the storyline was obvious: The greatest Olympian in history had regained the crown in the event that launched his illustrious career. Overlooked in the hoopla, though, was a superb performance from Masato Sakai for the silver medal, the Japanese star finishing just .04 away from the top of the podium.
Well, Sakai continues to roll along, as he corralled gold in the 200 fly on Saturday at the Asian Championships in Tokyo. Dueling with countryman Daiya Seto, Sakai produced a championship record of 1:54.53, an effort that enabled him to finish nearly a second ahead of Seto (1:55.45), who won the 400 individual medley on the opening day of competition.
Sakai’s triumph accounted for just a portion of a big …