48th ALL JUNIOR JUNIOR OLYMPIC SPRING COMPETITION
- Thursday, March 26th – Monday, March 30th
- Chiba International Swimming Pool
- SCM (25m)
- Meet Central
- Results
Remarkably, 17-year-old Shin Ohashi has downed yet another World Junior Record while competing at the 48th All Junior Olympic Spring Competition.
Racing in the short course meter 100 breaststroke, Ohashi crushed a lifetime best of 56.65 to win gold and make history once again.
He handily defeated a talented young field, which included Yusei Imaizumi putting up a still-impressive mark of 57.18 followed by Rio Omori who captured bronze in 57.80.
As for Ohashi, his 56.65 stunner shaved .01 off the former World Junior Record of 56.66 that world champion Simone Cerasuolo of Italy put on the books at the 2021 Italian Short Course Championships. It also sliced .14 off Ohashi’s previous lifetime best of 56.79.
Split Comparison
| Cerasuolo’s Old WJR – 56.66 | Ohashi’s New WJR – 56.65 |
| 26.31 | 26.90 |
| 30.35 | 29.75 |
The teen now represents Japan’s 4th-fastest men’s SCM 100 breaststroke performer in history.
Top 5 Japanese Men’s SCM 100 Breaststroke Performers All-Time
- Yuya Hinomoto – 55.77, 2021
- Yasuhiro Koseki – 56.11, 2019
- Taku Taniguchi – 56.27, 2024
- Shin Ohashi – 56.65, 2026
- Taishi Takada – 56.81, 2021
Ohashi’s new benchmark comes just a day after he blasted a new WJR of 2:01.24 in the SCM 200 breaststroke at this competition.
This caliber of performance is par for the course with Ohashi. Throughout last year and into 2026, the prodigy has fired off monster swims, which, along with the likes of young teammates Kazushi Imafuku, Tatsuya Murasa and Tomoyuki Matsushita, are putting the world on notice that, after a few years in a slump, Japan is once again on the rise.
Ohashi now owns four of the six possible boys’ breaststroke World Junior Records.
Shin Ohashi‘s Lifetime Bests
| LCM | SCM | |
| 50 Breast | 26.98 | 26.18 |
| 100 Breast | 58.67, WJR | 56.65 WJR |
| 200 Breast | 2:06.59, WJR | 2:01.24, WJR |
Ohashi has been named to Japan’s Pan Pacific Championships roster and the lineup for this year’s Asian Games taking place in his home country.
yall have gotta find a picture of this dude
he might be able to take the 50’s as well when he turns 18 and grows some more muscle
he’s huge already
at 5’8″ and 17?
He also split 55.0 in the relay
swimming what??
butterfly
Breast
Ohashi swam 26.18 in the 50 br. as his new PB in SCM R226.xlsx
Updated, thanks!