Who Is Yu Zidi? Meet China's Swimming Sensation, 12

Yu Zidi is simply a 12-year-old Chinese swimmer who is making her debut astatine nan 2025 World Aquatics Championships successful Singapore.

Yu is nan 2nd youngest competitor successful nan history of nan championships and successful her debut arena she reached nan last of nan 200m individual medley.

Yu, who took up swimming astatine nan property of six aft gathering a coach during a family travel to a h2o park, vanished 4th and only extracurricular nan medals by 0.06 seconds.

Typically astatine nan World Aquatics Championships each competitors must beryllium astatine slightest 14, but Yu was permitted introduction owed to her times gathering nan association's "A" standard.

Ahead of nan 2024 Olympics, Yu attempted to suffice arsenic portion of China's squad astatine nan games for nan 400m individual medley event, but vanished conscionable nether two-and-a-half seconds extracurricular of nan qualifying time.

During nan Chinese swimming tests earlier this year, Yu's 400m individual medley clip of 4:35.53 would person positioned her 4th successful nan aforesaid arena astatine nan Paris Games.

Yu has been trained by team-mate and Olympic medallist Li Bingjie, who is her idol. Li has besides been described by Yu's "older sister".

As good arsenic competing successful nan 200m individual medley astatine nan Singapore Sports Hub, Yu is besides taking portion successful nan 200m butterfly event.

In May, Yu was hailed a "sensation" by World Aquatics connected societal media aft she group a world grounds for a 12-year-old successful nan 200m individual medley pinch a clip of 2:10.63.

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