{
  "id": 9526915,
  "title": "Shin Ohashi of Japan sets world record in 200-meter breaststroke at the Asian Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/shin-ohashi-of-japan-sets-world-record-in-200-meter-breaststroke-at",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T09:04:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260924/p2g/00m/0sp/044000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Shin Ohashi of Japan set a world record in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Asian Games. He completed the swim in 2 minutes 4.83 seconds. This broke the previous record of 2:05.48 held by China's Qin Haiyang, which had stood since July 2023.\n\nAccording to the New Straits Times, Ohashi, 17, had already won the 100m breaststroke gold earlier in the week. He finished 3.84 seconds faster than silver medallist Denis Petrashov of Kyrgyzstan.\n\nOhashi stated his next goal is to win gold at next year's world championships and then go on to win gold at the Olympics.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Japan teenager Ohashi smashes 200m breaststroke world record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/japan-teenager-ohashi-smashes-200m-breaststroke-world-record",
        "published": "2026-09-24T08:59:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}