Japan’s Shin Ohashi breaks 200m breaststroke world record
Seventeen-year-old Japanese swimmer Shin Ohashi won Asian Games gold in the men’s 200m breaststroke in a world-record time of 2:04.83. He lowered China’s Qin Haiyang’s previous mark by more than half a second, according to AFP. Ohashi also won the 100m breaststroke earlier in the week.
Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi set a world record in the men’s 200m breaststroke while winning gold at the Asian Games on Thursday, according to AFP. Ohashi, 17, finished in 2 minutes 04.83 seconds. That time lowered the previous record of 2:05.48, held by China’s Qin Haiyang since July 2023, by more than half a second.
The Japanese swimmer took control from the start and finished 3.84 seconds ahead of silver medallist Denis Petrashov of Kyrgyzstan. Qin did not compete in the 200m breaststroke at this year’s Asian Games. Ohashi had already won the 100m breaststroke gold earlier in the week after a dead heat with China’s Dong Zhihao.
He said breaking the world record had always been a target and expressed gratitude to the people who helped him before the competition. He said his next objectives were to win gold at next year’s world championships and then at the Olympics. The supplied report refers to the Los Angeles Olympics as his longer-term target.
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