17-Yr-Previous Shin Ohashi Splits 57.35 Breaststroke Medley Leg To Turn out to be #4 Performer All-Time

forty ninth NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPIC CUP (JOC) SUMMER SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• August twenty second – August twenty sixth
• Tokyo Aquatic Center
• LCM (50m)
• Results

The forty ninth National Junior Olympic Cup (JOC) Summer Swimming Championships concluded in Tokyo yesterday, however not earlier than 17-year-old Shin Ohashi additional made his presence recognized within the breaststroke occasions.

The multi-World Junior Record holder represented Osaka Hiriakata whereas taking up the open 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke occasions, in addition to the self-discipline as a part of the squad’s males’s medley relay.

Individually, Ohashi fired off a speedy time of 58.85 to take the 100m dash, along with his efficiency falling solely .51 exterior the WJR of 58.34 established on the Pan Pacific Championships. There in Irving, the prodigy’s efficiency garnered him the silver medal behind American Van Mathias, who clinched gold in 58.02.

Splits for Ohashi’s outing in Tokyo consisted of 27.89/30.96 to nail a brand new meet document, hacking almost a second off the outdated benchmark of 59.73. The next-closest competitor and solely different racer to clear the 1:01 barrier was Yusei Imaizumi, who nabbed 59.46.

Ohashi additionally handily defeated the 200m breast home subject, producing a stable efficiency of two:09.30 to get to the wall over two and a half seconds forward of his friends. The teen’s lifetime finest and WJR stays on the 2:06.59 placed on the books on the Japan Swim this previous March.

Ohashi’s most spectacular efficiency at this JOC competitors got here within the medley relay, nonetheless, the place he posted one of many quickest breaststroke splits in historical past.

The dynamo opened in 26.70 and closed in 30.65 to verify in with a head-turning leg of 57.35. That helped his group earn the bronze medal behind winners Itoman Tokyo and runners-up Aichi Toyokawa.

Ohashi’s 57.35 made the Japanese ace the Fifth-fastest breaststroke relay break up performer of all time, along with his mark representing the Thirteenth-best efficiency ever and the swiftest exterior of a significant elite worldwide championship.

Top Men’s LCM Breaststroke Medley Relay Performer All-Time

1. Adam Peaty (GBR) – 56.53, 2021 Olympic Games
2. Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 57.25, 2023 Asian Games
3. Van Mathias (USA) – 57.30, 2026 Pan Pacific Championships
4. Shin Ohashi (JPN) – 57.35, forty ninth National Junior Olympic Cup (JOC) Summer Swimming Championships
5. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 57.47, 2022 World Championships