Tokyo, Sept 24, 2026 (AFP) - Japan swimmer Ohashi, 17, shrugs off Covid to smash world record

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2026-09-24

Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi said a bout of Covid helped him smash the men's 200m breaststroke world record in a time of 2min 04.83sec at the Asian Games on Thursday. The 17-year-old won his second gold of the Games in Tokyo despite running a temperature of about 39 degrees just days before the competition began. The win continued his stunning rise in the sport and marked him out as the man to beat at the Los Angeles Olympics in two years' time.......

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