Shoma Sato set a Japan record in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the national championships on Wednesday to punch his ticket to this summer's Tokyo Olympics.The 20-year-old took the lead after the first turn in a high-octane race and finished in 2 minutes, 6.40 seconds at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. His time was 0.28 off Russian rival Anton Chupkov's world record."I couldn't see others around me at all, I was just focused on my race from start to finish," Sato said after securing his maiden Olympic place. "In my semifinal, from 100 meters to 150 meters, my pace dropped off, so I tried to mai…READ FULL ARTICLE