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Shin Ohashi broke the 200m breaststroke world document by greater than a half-second on Thursday on the Asian Games in Tokyo.
At simply 17, the Japan native grew to become the youngest male swimmer to interrupt a person, long-course world document since Michael Phelps, who was 17 when he broke the 400m particular person medley world document in 2002.
Ohashi swam the 200m breaststroke 2:04.83; the earlier document was 2:05.48 by China’s Qin Haiyang on the 2023 World Championships. Ohashi additionally beat his private greatest of two:06.59 by a wholesome margin.
Ohashi simply made his debut at a senior main worldwide final month on the Pan Pacific Championships. He received the silver medal within the 200m breast on the 2025 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships.
–Field Level Media