Jo Sung-jae of the Army Sports Corps won a bronze medal in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, finishing just 0.01 seconds ahead of fourth place. The gap to the silver medal was only 0.09 seconds.
On September 24, at the Tokyo Aquatics Center, Jo recorded a time of 2:08.76 in the final, placing third. He finished ahead of Hong Kong's Mak Sighting, who clocked in at 2:08.77.
The gold medal was claimed by Japan's Ohashi Shin, who crossed the finish line in 2:04.83, while Kyrgyzstan's Denis Petrashov took the silver with a time of 2:08.67.
Earlier, Jo qualified for the finals by finishing fourth in the preliminaries and started in lane six during the final. In the last 50 meters, he competed closely with Petrashov and Mak Sighting, ultimately finishing just 0.01 seconds ahead of Mak Sighting to secure third place.
Meanwhile, Ohashi broke the previous world record of 2:05.48 set by China's Qin Haiyang at the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships, improving it by 0.65 seconds. This marks the first world record set in swimming at the current event.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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