Who is Shin Ohashi? Japanese schoolboy overcomes COVID for 200m breaststroke world record at Asian Games 2026
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- Seventeen-year-old Japanese Shin Ohashi shattered a world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event by clocking a blistering 2:04.83s at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the Asian Games 2026.S1
- Shin Ohashi, 17, claims his second gold medal of the Asian Games with a world record in the 200m breaststroke.S2
- Swimmer wins 200m gold at Asian Games with 39C feverSays Covid helped him rest and ‘was a good thing’The Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi said a bout of Covid helped him smash the men’s 200m breaststroke world record in a time of 2min 4.83sec at the Asian Games o...S3
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Who is Shin Ohashi? Japanese schoolboy overcomes COVID for 200m breaststroke world record at Asian Games 2026
Seventeen-year-old Japanese Shin Ohashi shattered a world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event by clocking a blistering 2:04.83s at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the As…
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Teenager Ohashi overcomes Covid to set world record
Shin Ohashi, 17, claims his second gold medal of the Asian Games with a world record in the 200m breaststroke.
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Japan teenager Shin Ohashi overcomes Covid and fever to smash breaststroke world record
Swimmer wins 200m gold at Asian Games with 39C feverSays Covid helped him rest and ‘was a good thing’The Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi said a bout of Covid helped him smash the men…
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Who is Shin Ohashi? Japanese schoolboy overcomes COVID for 200m breaststroke world record at Asian Games 2026
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Published Sep 24, 2026
What to know
- Seventeen-year-old Japanese Shin Ohashi shattered a world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event by clocking a blistering 2:04.83s at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the Asian Games 2026.S1
- Shin Ohashi, 17, claims his second gold medal of the Asian Games with a world record in the 200m breaststroke.S2
- Swimmer wins 200m gold at Asian Games with 39C feverSays Covid helped him rest and ‘was a good thing’The Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi said a bout of Covid helped him smash the men’s 200m breaststroke world record in a time of 2min 4.83sec at the Asian Games o...S3
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