Yui Ohashi won Japan's first medal at the world swimming championships Monday when she earned silver in the women's 200-meter individual medley.
While placing 0.91 seconds behind Rio Olympic triple gold medalist Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, the 21-year-old debutant shaved 0.54 second off the national record, touching the wall at the Danube Arena in 2 minutes, 7.91 seconds.Madisyn Cox of the United States took bronze with a time of 2:09.71. Japanese compatriot Runa Imai placed fifth in 2:09.99."I was able to go all out," said Ohashi, a senior at Toyo University who secured her world championshi…READ FULL ARTICLE
