Shin Ohashi: Junk food-loving teen and Japan's next big swimming hope

2026 Asian Games: Japanese 17-year-old swimmer may be face of team

Japan has been starved of swimming success in recent times but with the Olympics two years away junk food-loving teenager Shin Ohashi has emerged as their next big hope.The 17-year-old, who stands just 169cm, has posted the two fastest 200m breaststroke times in the world this year and is aiming for

Shin Ohashi, the junk food-loving teen and Japan’s next big swimming hope

The 17-year-old swimmer has clocked the world’s two fastest 200m breaststroke times this year and is targeting the world record at this week’s Asian Games.

Shin Ohashi: Junk food-loving teen and Japan's next big swimming hope

The 17-year-old, who stands just 169cm (5ft 6ins), has posted the two fastest 200m breaststroke times in the world this year and is aiming for the world record at this week's Asian Games. Earlier this year he came within almost a second of the mark of 2min 05.48sec held by China's Qin Haiyang. Ohashi has already won gold at the Asian Games in Tokyo in the 100m breaststroke after a dead heat with China's Dong Zhihao, beating Qin into third place.…