'Genius' Ohashi bids for third Asian Games gold after world record
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What happened
Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi moved closer to a hat-trick of Asian Games breaststroke golds after qualifying for the 50m final on Friday, the morning after smashing the 200m world record.Ohashi booked his place in Friday night's 50m breaststroke final in a time of 27.00sec, finishing 0.13sec behind fastest qualifier Qin.
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