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Katsuhiro Matsumoto Wins Silver Medal in the Men’s Competitive 200 m Freestyle Event at Asian Games

Aug. 28, 2018

Katsuhiro Matsumoto (a fourth-year student in the School of Political Science and Economics) won the silver medal in the Men’s 200 m freestyle event at the 18th Asian Games (2018 Jakarta/Palembang) held on August 19 at the GBK Aquatic Center in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Matsumoto, who passed qualifying for the final with an overall time of 4th, caught up during the last 50 meters of the final stretch to win the silver medal with a time of 1:46:50.