Long seen as a leading light in Japanese swimming, Yui Ohashi's path to becoming a double Olympic gold medalist Wednesday was not without adversity, confidence issues jeopardizing her career on numerous occasions."I don't have the confidence. It might have been better not to have won a medal," she told Japan head coach Norimasa Hirai in 2018 soon after finishing second in the 200-meter individual medley at the Asian Games in 2018.Having come second on her world championships debut in 2017, she was in her second year in the national team when she was named women's captain, a role the Shiga-n…READ FULL ARTICLE
