# Who is Yu Zidi, China’s 13-year-old swimming sensation?

https://mins.news/en/item/67402

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-21 13:19 UTC
- Sports
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/9/21/who-is-yu-zidi-chinas-13-year-old-swimming-sensation?traffic_source=rss

> China’s 13-year-old Yu Zidi won the women’s 200m individual medley at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in 2:06.10, setting both Games and Asian records. It was her second Asian record in two days. She also won the 200m butterfly and became the youngest-ever World Swimming Championships medallist at age 12.

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