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水泳パンパシフィック選手権3日目の男子400メートル自由形では，韓国のパク・テファン選手に敗れ，2位に終わった萩野公介選手。昨日4日目の競泳男子200メートル個人メドレーでは，ロンドン五輪王者のマイケル・フェルプス選手を抑え，見事金メダルを獲得しました。今回採り上げる記事は3日目に関するものです。
今回のmatchは「(実力などが)対等の相手[物]」（『プログレッシブ英和中辞典』小学館）という意味。英英辞書にも"someone who is much stronger, cleverer etc than their opponents"（LDOCE）とありました。『スーパー・アンカー英和辞典』（第4版，学研教育出版）にもI am no match for you in tennis.（私はテニスではとてもきみにかなわない）という用例があるように，この表現では「主語の方が実力が下回っている」ということに注意が必要です。（Koyamamoto）

Hagino: I was no match for Park
GOLD COAST, Australia—After coming in second in the men’s 400-meter freestyle at last summer’s world championships, Kosuke Hagino was disappointed with another silver despite facing the top-ranked swimmer in the event.
The second-place finish on Saturday gave Hagino his fourth medal of the Pan Pacific Championships in Australia. It was his eighth race over the first three days of the competition.
“At international competitions, the pace [of overseas athletes] is fast, even from the heats,” was what Hagino came to grips with early on.
But South Korea’s Park Tae Hwan, the London Olympic silver medalist in the event, was just too strong, winning in 3 minutes 43.15 seconds. Halfway through the race, Park was ahead by a body length, finishing the race more than a second ahead of Hagino, who posted a time of 3:44.56.
“I was no match [for Park],” Hagino said, acknowledging the utter defeat.
Despite falling short in the race, his labor seemed to bear some fruits.
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