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Ohashi shatters 200m breaststroke world record at Asian Games in Tokyo
September 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM · Updated 22d ago
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TGThe Guardian
Japan teenager Shin Ohashi overcomes Covid and fever to smash breaststroke world record
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AJAl Jazeera English
Japan’s Ohashi breaks 200m breaststroke world record at Asian Games
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Japan's Shin Ohashi sets world record in 200-meter breaststroke
(opens the publisher’s site)Japan's 17-year-old Shin Ohashi has set a 200-metre breaststroke world record of 2:04.83 at the Asian Games in Tokyo.
- His time of 2:04.83 beat the 2:05.48 mark China's Qin Haiyang set at the 2023 world championships.
- Ohashi said the world record was his goal and his next target is gold at the world championships.
- Denis Petrashov took silver with South Korea's Cho Sung-jae claiming bronze.
- France's Leon Marchand said he is "very scared" of Ohashi, calling him a major threat.
- Ohashi overcame a bout of Covid and a 39C fever before setting the world record.
- He had already won 100m breaststroke gold in Tokyo at the same Games.
- Ohashi credited the illness with forcing him to rest properly before the race.