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48th ALL JUNIOR JUNIOR OLYMPIC SPRING COMPETITION
Thursday, March 26th – Monday, March 30th Chiba International Swimming Pool SCM (25m) Meet Central ResultsThere is simply no stopping Japan’s Shin Ohashi as of late, with the 17-year-old dynamo producing yet another World Junior Record, this time in short course meters.
While racing on the penultimate night of action at the 48th All Junior Olympic (JOC) Spring Competition on his home turf, Ohashi crushed a lifetime best of 2:01.24 to win the men’s 200m breaststroke.
Ohashi’s performance handily defeated his competitors, with Yusei Imaizumi next to the wall over three seconds behind in 2:04.80, followed by Hayato Yamazaki who touched in 2:05.54.
As for Ohashi, tonight’s effort represents his first-ever foray under the 2:02 barrier, destroying his own previous World Junior Record of 2:02.03 notched just last October at the Toronto stop of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup series.
Comparing his previous WJR to tonight’s stunner, Ohashi was quicker from start to finish, including a final 50m of 32.19 to seal the deal.
Split Comparison
Shin Ohashi, 2026 – JOC Spring Competition Shin Ohashi, 2025 – World Cup, Toronto Stop 50 27.01 27.22 100 57.59 (30.58) 57.98 (30.76) 150 1:29.05 (31.46) 1:29.58 (31.60) 200 2:01.24 (32.19) 2:02.03 (32.45)Ohashi now checks in as the 8th-fastest performer in history worldwide and the 3rd-swiftest Asian of all time.
Top 10 Men’s SCM 200 Breaststroke Performers All-Time
Caspar Corbeau (NED) – 1:59.52, 2025 Kirill Prigoda (RUS) – 2:00.16, 2018 Daiya Seto (JPN) – 2:00.35, 2022 Marco Koch (GER) – 2:00.44, 2016 Daniel Gyurta (HUN) – 2:00.48, 2014 Carles Coll Marti (ESP) – 2:00.86, 2025 Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 2:01.15, 2018 Shin Ohashi (JPN) – 2:01.24, 2026 Arno Kamminga (NED) – 2:01.43, 2020 & Michael Jamieson (GBR) – 2:01.43, 2013 –This caliber of performance is par for the course with Ohashi. Throughout last year and into 2026, the prodigy has fired off monster swims, which, along with the likes of young teammates Kazushi Imafuku, Tatsuya Murasa and Tomoyuki Matsushita, are putting the world on notice that, after a few years in a slump, Japan is once again on the rise.
Shin Ohashi‘s Lifetime Bests
LCM SCM 50 Breast 26.98 26.25 100 Breast 58.67, WJR 56.79 200 Breast 2:06.59, WJR 2:01.24, WJROhashi has been named to Japan’s Pan Pacific Championships roster and the lineup for this year’s Asian Games taking place in his home country.
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