Shin Ohashi of Japan sets world record in 200-meter breaststroke at the Asian Games

NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi set a world record in the 200-meter breaststroke on Thursday at the Asian Games, swimming a time of 2 minutes, 4.83 seconds.

The old record was 2:05.48 set by Qin Haiyang of China at the 2023 swimming world championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Denis Petrashov of Kyrgystan was second in 2:08.67 and Cho Sung-jae of South Korea took bronze in 2:08.76.

The 17-year-old Ohashi already had the fastest time of the year (2:06.59) and has been the breaststroker to beat this season.

Ohashi’s record temporarily took the spotlight away from China and 13-year star Yu Zidi. Yu has won three gold medals in the 200 butterfly, and 200 and 400 IM during the Asian Games. She will not swim any other individual events.

Ohashi won the 400 individual medley earlier in the week in the Asian Games, clocking 4:07.02. That world mark is held by Leon Marchand of France (4:02.50), who won four gold medals in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Marchand has been among the presenters handing out medals on the pool deck during the games with swimming being held in the Olympic pool in Tokyo.

Ohashi is far from physically imposing. He is only 1.69 meters tall — just under 5-feet-7 — and broke Japan's national record earlier in the year in the 100-meter breaststroke.

That record had been held by Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, a four-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champions.

China, slightly in the shadows of Ohashi's world record, still won four gold medals in Thursday's seven events. Through five days in the pool — swimming ends Friday — China has won 25 gold medals in 34 events.

Chinese winners on Thursday included Wu Qingfeng in the women's 50 free (23.98); Zhang Zhanshuo in the men's 800 free (7:42.49); the men's 4x100 freestyle relay (3:10.60); the women's 4x200 free relay (7:49.37).

In addition to Ohashi, Japan also picked up gold from Kotomi Kato (2:22,57) in the women's 200 breaststroke.

The other gold on Thursday went to Mikhail Arkhangelskiy of Bahrain (22.91) in the men's 50-butterfly. Arkhangelskiy was born in Russia and has swum for Florida State University.

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Shin Ohashi of Japan speaks during a press conference as he set a world record in the men's 200-meter breaststroke in swimming at the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Gold medalist Shin Ohashi of Japan poses on the podium after the men's 200-meter breaststroke final in swimming at the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Shin Ohashi of Japan competes during the men's 200-meter breaststroke final in swimming at the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Shin Ohashi of Japan celebrates after winning the men's 200-meter breaststroke final in swimming at the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Shin Ohashi of Japan competes during the men's 200-meter breaststroke final in swimming at the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Shin Ohashi of Japan celebrates after winning the men's 200-meter breaststroke final in swimming at the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Shin Ohashi of Japan celebrates after winning the men's 200-meter breaststroke final in swimming at the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

JERUSALEM (AP) — The son of Israel's ambassador to the United States was gravely injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

Neria Leiter, a reservist in Israel's military, “needs a miracle," Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said in a social media post. The ambassador's older son, Moshe Yedidya Leiter, who also served in Israel's military, was killed in Gaza about a month after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attack, which triggered the war in Gaza.

According to the military and law enforcement, a Palestinian man rammed his car into a security checkpoint Wednesday afternoon near the settlement of Beit Horon, seriously wounding the soldier. Israeli forces at the scene then opened fire at the man as he attempted to flee and killed him.

More military forces were deployed in the aftermath in the area, which is crossed by a major highway connecting Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.

The suspect was identified as Mahmoud Suleiman, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog both sent wishes for Leiter's recovery. A social media post by Herzog described Leiter as “fighting for his life."

Netanyahu visited Leiter's family at the hospital Wednesday night before departing for the U.N. General Assembly in New York. The Iran war, which Israel launched together with the United States on Feb. 28, is a major focus of the gathering of world leaders.

Earlier this week, an Israeli man was killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank, which has experienced a surge in deadly violence since the war in Gaza began. Recent months have seen marked increases in attacks by settlers on Palestinians, evictions from Palestinian towns, Israeli military operations, as well as several Palestinian attacks on Israelis.

The latest violence happened in the middle of the Jewish High Holy Days, just after Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which is widely considered the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

In mid-April, Ambassador Leiter was a central figure in the first direct diplomatic talks in decades between Israel and Lebanon in Washington. In late June, Leiter, Lebanon’s ambassador to the U.S., and Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon that was described as a first step toward peace following months of renewed conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based, Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

Israeli security forces inspect the scene where, according to police, a Palestinian man was shot and killed after ramming his car into a security checkpoint and seriously wounding an officer, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli security forces inspect the scene where, according to police, a Palestinian man was shot and killed after ramming his car into a security checkpoint and seriously wounding an officer, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli security forces inspect the scene where, according to police, a Palestinian man was shot and killed after ramming his car into a security checkpoint and seriously wounding an officer, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli security forces inspect the scene where, according to police, a Palestinian man was shot and killed after ramming his car into a security checkpoint and seriously wounding an officer, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)