ZUMO Performance of the Week: Shoma Sato Breaks World Junior Record in 200 Breast Long Course

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Shoma Sato finally broke the world junior record in the 200 breast. Photo Courtesy: FINA / Budapest 2019

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Japan’s Shoma Sato broke the world junior record in the 200 breast on Sunday at the Japanese College Swimming Championships in Tokyo. Sato broke the record with a 2:09.21, splitting a 1:02.14 on the first 100 as he lowered the old junior record of 2:09.39 from China’s Qin Haiyang set in 2017.

Sato rattled the record earlier this year when he was a 2:09.42 at the Japan Open in 2019. He was a favorite to win the gold at the World Juniors a couple weeks ago but was out-touched at the finish by USA’s Josh Matheny, who won the gold at 2:09.40 to Sato’s 2:09.56.

Sato, who turns 19 in February, now sits 24th in the world rankings and is the fourth fastest man in Japan this year behind Ippei Watanabe (2:06.73), Yasuhiro Koseki (2:08.05) and Kazuki Kohinata (2:08.42).

EVENTSWIMMERNATIONTIMEDATELOCATION
50 FreeMichael AndrewUSA21.75p2017-08-25Indianapolis, USA
Michael AndrewUSA21.752017-08-26Indianapolis, USA
100 FreeDavid PopoviciROU46.862022-08-13Rome, ITA
200 FreeDavid PopoviciROU1:42.972022-08-15Rome, ITA
400 FreePetar MitsinBUL3:44.312023-07-09Belgrade, SRB
800 FreeLorenzo GalossiITA7:43.372023-08-13Rome, ITA
1500 FreeFranko GrgicCRO14:46.092019-08-25Budapest, HUN
50 BackKliment KolesnikovRUS24.002018-08-04Glasgow, GBR
100 BackKliment KolesnikovRUS52.532018-08-06Glasgow, GBR
200 BackKliment KolesnikovRUS1:55.142017-07-28Budapest, HUN
50 BreastNicolo MartinenghiITA26.972017-04-04Riccione, ITA
100 BreastNicolo MartinenghiITA59.01sf2017-08-23Indianapolis, USA
200 BreastDong ZhihaoCHN2:08.042023-07-28Fukuoka, JPN
50 FlyDiogo RibeiroPOR22.962023-09-03Lima, PER
100 FlyKristof MilakHUN50.622017-07-29Budapest, HUN
200 FlyKristof MilakHUN1:53.792017-06-30Netanya, ISR
200 IMHubert KosHUN1:56.992021-05-19Budapest, HUN
400 IMIlya BorodinRUS4:10.022021-05-23Budapest, HUN
400 Free RelayDiehl, Williamson, Williams, ZhaoUSA3:15.492023-09-04Netanya, ISR
800 Free RelayMagahey, Urlando, Mitchell, FosterUSA7:08.372019-08-23Budapest, HUN
400 Medley RelayZuev, Gerasimenko, Minakov, ShchegolevRUS3:33.192019-08-25Budapest, HUN
Mixed 400 Medley RelayGrant, Matheny, Huske, WalshUSA3:44.842019-08-21Budapest, HUN
Mixed 400 Free RelayUrlando, Chaney, Tang, WalshUSA3:25.922019-08-22Budapest, HUN

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