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Schoolboy Breaks 200m Breaststroke World Record
by Naharnet Newsdesk 15 September 2012, 12:42

Japan's precocious 18-year-old set a new world record in the men's 200-metre breaststroke on Saturday, then vowed to be the next Kosuke Kitajima.

The high-school student clocked two minutes 07.01 seconds, breaking the previous world mark of 2:07.28 set by Daniel Gyurta of Hungary on August 1 at the London Olympics.

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