Japan teenager Shin Ohashi overcomes Covid and fever to smash breaststroke world record - 世界杯决赛时间

• Swimmer wins 200m gold at Asian Games with 39C fever

• 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.

The 17-year-old won his second gold of the Games in Tokyo despite running a temperature of about 39C just days before the competition began.

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