Japan’s Ippei Watanabe broke the men’s 200 metres breaststroke world record by becoming the first swimmer to go under two minutes, seven seconds.
The 19-year-old clocked a time of 2:06.67 at the Kosuke Kitajima Cup in Tokyo, eclipsing the previous best set by countryman Akihiro Yamaguchi in 2012 by 0.34 seconds.