2024 JAPANESE OLYMPIC TRIALS
Day 4 of the 2024 Japanese Olympic Trials was void of any further Paris 2024 qualifiers, though there have been simply 2 finals sprinkled in amongst a packed semi-final agenda.
One of many semi-finals was the boys’s 200m breaststroke, which noticed 3 of the nation’s 4 best-ever performers among the many discipline.
After the mud settled, former world file holder Ippei Watanabe earned the highest seed in a stellar 2:07.92 whereas 2022 World Championships silver medalist Yu Hanaguruma snagged the 2nd seed in 2:08.99.
Newcomer to the elite get together, Yamato Fukasawa, captured the third seed in 2:09.26.
Lurking because the Sixth-seeded swimmer, nonetheless, is 15-year-old Shin Ohashi. Ohashi fired off a big-time private greatest of two:11.13 to not solely make tomorrow evening’s closing but additionally set up a brand new Japanese Junior Excessive College File.
High 8:
- Ippei Watanabe, 2:07.92
- Yu Hanaguruma, 2:08.99
- Yamato Fukasawa, 2:09.26
- Shoma Sato, 2:09.89
- Hiroshima Shirai, 2:10.55
- Shin Ohashi, 2:11.13 *New Junior Excessive College File
- Ippei Miyamoto, 2:11.50
- Shun Kamata, 2:11.56
Splitting 1:03.35/1:07.78, Ohashi overtook the earlier junior excessive file of two:11.95 owned by Akihiro Yamaguchi from the 2009 JOC Summer time Cup. Yamaguchi ultimately went on to set the 200m breast world file at 2:07.01 in 2012.
Ohashi’s private greatest coming into these Trials rested on the 2:13.93 he clocked en path to profitable the boys’ 12-14 200m breaststroke ultimately month’s Asian Age Group Championships. Meaning the teenager hacked off over 2 and a half seconds with tonight’s efficiency.
For perspective, Ohashi’s 2:11.13 would rank him because the #2 quickest American 15-16-year-old in historical past. Josh Matheny owns the U.S. NAG on the 2:09.40 registered in 2019.
Ohashi’s shining star is par for the course for Japanese males within the 200m breast occasion. The depth is staggering, with 3 of the highest 10 quickest males in historical past worldwide stemming from Japan.
