
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.

Shin Ohashi, 17, claims his second gold medal of the Asian Games with a world record in the 200m breaststroke.

Swimmer wins 200m gold at Asian Games with 39C fever Says 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 on Thursday. The 17-year-old won his second gold of the Games in Tokyo despite running a temperature of about 39C just days before the competition began. Continue reading...

Shin Ohashi, 17, claims his second Asian Games gold with his record-breaking effort in front of a thrilled home crowd.