Olympics: World champ Tomoru Honda sinks in pet 200 butterfly heat in Paris

Reigning world champion and Tokyo Games silver medalist Tomoru Honda failed to progress from the heats in his pet 200-meter butterfly event at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.Honda was considered one of Japan's few real gold hopes in the pool at Paris La Defense Arena, but the 22-year-old finished last in his heat with the 22nd-fastest overall time."(For some reason) my mindset was to play it safe," Honda said after exiting the pool. "I didn't feel lethargic or anything."Honda gave no real explanation for his baffling performance, with his time of 1 minute, 57.30 seconds, a full 4.60 seconds …READ FULL ARTICLE