By Eisuke Shimobayashi / Yomiuri Shimbun Sportswriter

6:00 JST, October 23, 2026

NAGOYA — Naohide Yamaguchi won his second consecutive Asian Para Games title in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke SB14, an intellectual impairment class, at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games on Wednesday. He finished in 1 minute 2.53 seconds, setting an Asian Para Games record.

“I’m happy to have won amid such loud cheers,” said Yamaguchi, after finishing nearly 5 seconds ahead of second place Jeampiriyakul Nithikorn of Thailand. “But more than that, I’m disappointed that I missed the world record.”

From the start of the race, he........

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