Japan's Seto escapes Olympic ban following scandal

FILE PHOTO: Swimming - 18th FINA World Swimming Championships - Men's 400m Individual Medley Final - Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, South Korea - July 28, 2019. Daiya Seto of Japan reacts after the race. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Four-time world champion Daiya Seto has been suspended for the rest of the year for breaching the Japan Swimming Federation's sportsmanlike conduct standards due to a scandal over an extramarital affair but will be eligible for next year's Tokyo Olympics.

The federation handed down the punishment following an extraordinary meeting late on Tuesday.