{"id":460426,"date":"2021-01-24T08:54:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T15:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=460426"},"modified":"2021-01-24T09:57:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T16:57:21","slug":"shoma-sato-moves-to-fourth-all-time-in-200-breast-with-206-8-at-kitajima-cup-race-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/shoma-sato-moves-to-fourth-all-time-in-200-breast-with-206-8-at-kitajima-cup-race-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoma Sato Moves to Fourth All-Time in 200 Breast With 2:06.8 at Kitajima Cup (RACE VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

19-year-old\u00a0Shoma Sato\u00a0<\/strong>closed out the Kitajima Cup in Japan with a 2:06.83 in the 200 breaststroke, moving himself up to fourth all-time in the event as he became the fifth man to break the 2:07 barrier and the second from Japan to do so. Closing the meet with the 200 breaststroke, one of the pet events of the man the meet is named after, Kosuke Kitajima<\/strong><\/a>, Sato won ahead of\u00a0Yamato Fukasawa\u00a0<\/strong>at 2:09.94.<\/p>\n

Out in 1:01.18, Sato nearly split under 33 seconds for each 50, with a 32.5 and 33.0 on the second half of the race. He is now second all-time in Japan behind former world record holder and reigning Worlds bronze medalist\u00a0Ippei Watanabe\u00a0<\/strong>(2:06.67). This is an improvement from his previous best of 2:07.0 as Sato is quickly becoming one of the world’s top breaststrokers in an already crowded event. All five men who have cracked 2:07 all-time in the 200 breast are still active<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All-Time Rankings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. 2:06.12,\u00a0Anton Chupkov<\/strong>, RUS, 2019<\/li>\n
  2. 2:06.67,\u00a0Ippei Watanabe<\/strong>, JPN, 2017<\/li>\n
  3. 2:06.67,\u00a0Matthew Wilson<\/strong>, AUS, 2019<\/li>\n
  4. 2:06.83,\u00a0Shoma Sato<\/strong>, JPN, 2021<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. 2:06.85,\u00a0Arno Kamminga<\/strong>, NED, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here is the race video:<\/p>\n