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Katsuhiro Matsumoto and Juran Mizohata Win Gold Medals in the Men’s Competitive 4×100 m Freestyle Relay Event at Asian Games

Aug. 30, 2018

Katsuhiro Matsumoto (a fourth-year student in the School of Political Science and Economics) and Juran Mizohata (a second-year student in the School of Political Science and Economics) won gold medals in the Men’s competitive 4×100 m freestyle relay event at the 18th Asian Games (2018 Jakarta/Palembang) held on the evening of August 22 at the GBK Aquatic Center in Jakarta, Indonesia.

In the final, Matsumoto appeared second for Team Japan while Mizohata served as anchor. The team picked up an early lead which it was able to maintain throughout the race, clenching gold with an Asian Games record time of 3:12:68.