RIO DE JANEIRO _ Chase Kalisz, despite shaving about three seconds off his personal-best time, could not catch Japan's Kosuke Hagino in the final of the 400-meter individual medley Saturday.
The 22-year-old Kalisz made up significant time during the breaststroke leg, his specialty, but settled for the silver as Hagino held him off in the freestyle.
Hagino won in 4:06.05 while Kalisz came in at 4:06.75. Japan's Daiyo Seto won the bronze medal.
Kalisz won his afternoon preliminary heat and earned the top seed for Saturday night's final.
"I didn't expect to go anywhere near that," he said after the preliminary. "I was very shocked after I turned around, which I guess is a good thing."
He posted a better time, 4 minutes, 8.12 seconds, than Seto or Hagino.
Kalisz and Seto staged an exciting duel in the final preliminary heat, with Seto taking a substantial lead on the butterfly and backstroke legs only for Kalisz to catch him on the breaststroke leg. They battled side by side on the closing freestyle leg, with Kalisz touching the wall just ahead.
But Kalisz seemed confident he hadn't expended too much energy by going so fast in a preliminary.
"I feel like I'm in a good place moving forward," he said.
