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. Shin Ohashi, 17, claims his second gold medal of the Asian Games with a world record in the 200m breaststroke. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• 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