17-year-old Ohashi targets breaststroke world record at Asian Games

Japan's 17-year-old Shin Ohashi is aiming to break the men's 200-meter breaststroke world record of 2 minutes, 5.48 seconds at the upcoming Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games."Competing at home makes it easier to target a record," said Ohashi, who is set to compete in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events.Ohashi drew attention at a regional high school championship in July last year when he clocked 2:06.91 in the 200-meter breaststroke, the third-fastest time ever by a Japanese swimmer at the time.At the Japan national championships in March, Ohashi marked a personal-best 2:06.59 in the 200…READ FULL ARTICLE