17歳の大橋信、競泳200m平泳ぎで世界新記録

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is September twenty-fourth. At the Asian Games in Japan, a seventeen-year-old swimmer has just rewritten the world record book. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down, sentence by sentence.

At the Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya, a Japanese swimmer set a new world record.

It means a new world record.

In the men's two-hundred-meter breaststroke final, seventeen-year-old Shin Ohashi won in two minutes, four point eight three seconds.

It means breaststroke — the swimming style where you kick like a frog.

He broke the old record by zero point six five seconds.

It means to update, or to break a record.

No one in history had ever swum in the two-oh-four range before.

It means in history, or of all time.

He never slowed down and finished far ahead of second place.

It means a gap, or a difference.

He had already won the hundred-meter breaststroke, so this is his second gold of the games.

It means to win, or to acquire something.

After the race, he said racing at home in Japan was a big reason for his result, and thanked everyone.

It means gratitude, or to thank someone.

He caught the coronavirus before the games, and people were worried about his condition.

It means infection — catching an illness.

The swimming races are being held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

It means competitive swimming.

The whole venue erupted in cheers for the seventeen-year-old's record.

It means a cheer — a shout of joy from the crowd.

Let's listen to the whole story one more time.

Time for a short quiz. Listen and try to answer.

The men's two-hundred-meter breaststroke.

Two minutes, four point eight three seconds.

For the first time in thirty-two years — since the Hiroshima Games in nineteen ninety-four.

That's all for today. A world record at seventeen — what a night for Japanese swimming. See you next time.