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PAN PACS DAY 1: CLAREBURT BREAKS NZ RECORD

Lewis Clareburt has continued his impressive 2018 form by breaking his own New Zealand record in the A final of the men's 400m individual medley at the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo.

Clareburt finished 5th with a personal best time of 4:14.27s, lowering his previous record set at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games by 0.15s.



The gold medal was won by 2017 world champion Chase Kalisz (USA) in 4:07.95s followed by Rio Olympic champion Kosuke Higano (JPN), 4:11.13s with countryman Daiya Seto (JPN) winning bronze in 4:12.60s.

Earlier in the day Clareburt qualified 6th for final after finishing 4th in heat 1 with a time of 4:17.93s.


KIWIS IN ACTION ON DAY 2.


Heats (start 1pm NZT)

Daniel Hunter - Men's 100m Freestyle
Lewis Clareburt - Men's 200m Butterfly
Ali Galyer - Women's 100m Backstroke

You can view our Aqua Blacks team in action at the #PanPacs2018 with coverage from 9.00pm each night LIVE on SKY Sport Pop-up 2 (#056).

Image Credit: Getty Images/Kiyoshi Ota