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Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi made her debut on the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday as she competed within the 200-meter particular person medley. She’s simply 12 years outdated.
Yu is slated to compete within the 400-meter particular person medley and the 200-meter butterfly.
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Yu Zidi of China prepares to compete within the ladies’s 200-meter particular person medley warmth on the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
She completed with a time of two minutes, 11.90 seconds within the 200 IM, advancing to the semifinals. Her time was the fifteenth quickest of the 16 qualifiers.
Yu, who was born in October 2012, took up swimming on the age of six.
“The summer was too hot, and my dad took me to the water park,” she informed China’s Xinhua News Agency, through The Sydney Morning Herald. “I enjoyed the coolness of the water and spent a lot of time in different small pools for kids. One day, a coach approached me and asked if I wanted to swim faster.
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Yu Zidi of China competes in the women’s 200-meter individual medley heat at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
“My age is at the moment a bonus. I hope to develop and develop extra power sooner or later. I actually wish to expertise the world-class competitors.”
World Aquatics’ cut off age is 14 years old, but younger swimmers are allowed to compete if their times surpass a qualifying standard. Yu nearly made the China Olympic Team for the 2024 Paris Games but was a few seconds short.
Yu Zidi of China on her back in the women’s 200-meter individual medley heat at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Should Yu pick up a medal in any of the events, she would be the youngest swimmer since Denmark’s Inge Sorensen won a medal a month after turning 12 at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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