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Podcast: Inside with Brett Hawke
Episode: #211 Olympic Champion Kosuke Hagino reflects on his career
Description: Kosuke Hagino is a 4x Olympic medalist from Japan. He won the Men's 400 IM at the 2016 Rio Olympics in a blistering 4:06.05. Recently retired from the sport, Kosuke finished his career placing 6th in the 200 IM at a home Olympics in Tokyo.Â
He was coached by Norimasa Hirai and Takayuki Umehara.
00:00 Swimming Sponsors
03:30 Hello Kosuke Hagino
03:45 Commentating World Champion
04:15 Kosuke Kitajima
05:40 London Olympics
07:05 Michael Phelps
08:30 Ian Thorpe
09:55 Cultural differences
12:30 Always 400 IM?
13:10 Weakest stroke
15:30 Bike accident
17:55 Rio Olympics 400 IM
22:25 Relays
24:45 Phelps not in 4 IM