{"id":643349,"date":"2026-05-12T19:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=643349"},"modified":"2026-05-13T04:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:26:18","slug":"japanese-young-guns-shin-ohashi-and-yumeki-kojima-on-show-at-nsw-sydney-open-and-unisport-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/japanese-young-guns-shin-ohashi-and-yumeki-kojima-on-show-at-nsw-sydney-open-and-unisport-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Young Guns Shin Ohashi and Yumeki Kojima On Show At NSW Sydney Open and Unisport Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Japanese Young Guns Shin Ohashi and Yumeki Kojima On Show At NSW Sydney Open and Unisport Nationals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.swimming.org.au\/events\/2026-nsw-sydney-open-unisport-nationals\">2026 NSW SYDNEY OPEN AND UNISPORT NATIONALS EVENT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 16-strong all-star Japanese Team featuring teenage sensations <strong>Shin Ohashi <\/strong>and<strong> Yumeki Kojima <\/strong>will headline this weekend\u2019s 2026 NSW Sydney Open and Unisport Nationals Meet at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimmers from over 120 Clubs and Universities will converge on the 2000 Olympic venue (May 15-17) which will also play host to this year\u2019s Australian Trials from June 7-13.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boom 17-year-old Japanese youngsters, breaststroker Ohashi and IMer Kojima will be joined by established stars <strong>Katsuhiro Matsumoto,<\/strong><strong> Tatsuya Murasa,<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Tomoyuki Matsushita and Ippei Watanabe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ohashi\u00a0and\u00a0Kojima\u00a0recently set new World Junior records at Japan Swim in March &#8211; Ohashi in the men\u2019s 100 and 200m breaststrokes and Kojima\u00a0in the 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400;\">The 200IM in Sydney will see Matsushita up against top Australian hope, World Championship finalist <strong>David Schlicht<\/strong> (MLC Aquatic, VIC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The men\u2019s freestyle events will see local Australian hopes <strong>Ollie Moclair<\/strong> (Cranbrook, NSW), Bond University Olympians <strong>Flynn Southam<\/strong> and <strong>Ben Armbruster<\/strong> up against Japanese and Asian record holder <strong>S<\/strong><strong>huya Matsumoto <\/strong>in 14 heats of the 50m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matsumoto and Moclair the only swimmers in the field to have clocked under 22 seconds \u2013 Matsumoto coming in as the fastest entrant with his 21.64 and Moclair with his 21.73, the new Australian 18 Years record he set at the recent Australian Age Championships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southam is the fastest entrant for the 100m freestyle on 47.69, followed by Japan\u2019s Matsumoto on 48.27 and 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