23 days ago · Tokyo
Japan teenager Shin Ohashi overcomes Covid and fever to smash breaststroke world record
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a sports story. The Guardian Sport is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Tokyo. The first report grouped here was at 24 Sept 2026, 14:31 UTC. The headline in use is “Japan teenager Shin Ohashi overcomes Covid and fever to smash breaststroke world record”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Swimmer wins 200m gold at Asian Games Says Covid helped him rest and ‘was a good thing’ The Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi said a bout of Covid helped him smash the men’s 200m breaststroke world record in a time of 2min 4. 83sec at the Asian Games on Thursday.
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Japan teenager Shin Ohashi overcomes Covid and fever to smash breaststroke world record
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