Japanese first gold medal is...

As soon as the Rio Olympics started, a Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino got the gold medal at 400-meter individual swimming medley. It was the first gold medal Japanese got in this Rio Olympics.

Much to our Japanese delight, Daiya Seto got the bronze medal at this event. Two Japanese stood the podium together!

Great start!

Chase Kalisz (the US), Hagino, Seto

(from: http://cyclestyle.net)

Hagino and Seto are the same age and have been good rivals since they were kids.

Left: Hagino, Right: Seto

(from: http://mako12i-color.hatenablog.com)

They aimed a one-two finish. Unfortunately they couldn't achieve it, but anyway, they got a fantastic result!!