Seto even appeared to be clear, leading Honda by around 1.2 seconds as they turned for the last time. Honda, racing against teammate Seto Daiya and the hosts' Wang Shun, led early through the first 100m on the butterfly leg before dropping behind Seto, who made the most of his stronger backstroke and breaststroke.
Honda Tomoru broke Japan's gold-medal drought in the swimming pool at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, on Tuesday evening (26 September) as he won a thrilling men's 400m individual medley final.
