{
  "id": 13879085,
  "title": "Swimming: Matsushita sets short course world record in 400 IM",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/swimming-matsushita-sets-short-course-world-record-in-400-im",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-12T04:50:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261012/p2g/00m/0sp/028000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Japan's Tomoyuki Matsushita shattered the short course world record in the men's 400-meter individual medley on Sunday, clocking 3 minutes, 54.33 seconds at the national championships in Saga, southwestern Japan. The 21-year-old, a silver medalist from the Paris Olympics, had reduced the previous record by 0.48 seconds. Matsushita admitted, \"I swam thinking as if it was a 300-meter race,\" demonstrating an aggressive approach from the start, particularly through the first three strokes. He expressed his happiness at achieving the world record, noting that his rivalry with 17-year-old compatriot Shin Ohashi had motivated him. Ohashi, who also won a world record in the 200m breaststroke at the recent Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, had previously set a world record in the same event.",
  "summary": "SAGA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Tomoyuki Matsushita set a swimming short course world record to win the men's 400-meter individual medley on Sunday by",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}