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09/24 04:20 CDT Shin Ohashi of Japan sets world record in 200-meter
breaststroke at the Asian Games
Shin Ohashi of Japan sets world record in 200-meter breaststroke at the Asian
Games
By STEPHEN WADE
AP Sports Writer
NAGOYA, Japan (AP) --- Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi set a world record in the
200-meter breaststroke on Thursday at the Asian Games, swimming a time of 2
minutes, 4.83 seconds.
The old record was 2:05.48 set by Qin Haiyang of China at the 2023 swimming
world championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
Denis Petrashov of Kyrgystan was second in 2:08.67 and Cho Sung-jae of South
Korea took bronze in 2:08.76.
The 17-year-old Ohashi already had the fastest time of the year (2:06.59) and
has been the breaststroker to beat this season.
Ohashi is far from physically imposing. He is only 1.69 meters tall --- just
under 5-feet-7 --- and broke Japan's national record earlier in the year in the
100-meter breaststroke.
That record had been held by Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, a four-time Olympic gold
medalist and three-time world champions.
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