Japanese swimmer Shin Ohashi, 17, sets world record in 200m breaststroke at Asian Games

Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi set a world record in the 200-metre breaststroke on Thursday at the Asian Games, swimming to a time of two minutes 4.83 seconds in Nagoya.

The old mark was 2:05.48 set by Qin Haiyang of China at the 2023 swimming world championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Denis Petrashov of Kyrgystan in Central Asia 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.

The five-foot-six athlete is far from physically imposing. He broke Japan's national record earlier in the year in the 100 breaststroke.

That record had been held by Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, a four-time Olympic gold medallist and three-time world champion.