Chinese 13-Year-Old Yu Zidi Wins Second Gold Medal in the Pool at Asian Games
- China’s 13-year-old Yu Zidi won the women’s 200-meter butterfly at the Asian Games in Tokyo in 2:05.08, setting a Games record.
- Yu defeated fellow Chinese swimmer Chang Mohan by 3.36 seconds, while Japan’s Misa Okuzono won bronze.
- The victory was Yu’s first major individual gold medal and the first of three individual events she was scheduled to swim in Japan.
- Yu is expected to contend at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
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They break records in the swimming pool and compete against adults on skateboards and video games. “Sports prodigies” not yet even 14 years old have arrived at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. They include China’s swimming representative Yu Zidi, Japan’s e-sports representative Yuki Kurihara, and Indonesia’s skateboarding representative Chaya Mikaila Shanumi.
13-year-old Chinese schoolgirl Yu Zidi closes in on third Asian Games gold
Yu Zidi, the 13-year-old Chinese swimmer, has qualified for the women's 400m individual medley final at the Asian Games. She topped the heats with a time of 4 minutes 39.43 seconds, outperforming Japan's Mio Narita. Yu has already won two gold medals in Tokyo this week, raising expectations for her future. Her remarkable achievements have drawn significant attention in China and beyond.
At just 13 years old, Yu Zidi has already captured the spotlight at the 2026 Asian Games, winning two gold medals and setting a new record.
Schoolgirl Yu, 13, fastest again in bid for third Asian Games gold
China's 13-year-old swimmer Yu Zidi went fastest in the heats as she closes in on a hat-trick of Asian Games golds on Wednesday -- and her team-mates say her stunning success is no longer a surprise.
Yu Zidi continues to shock the swimming world. At the Asian Games, the 13-year-old (!) set the world's second-fastest time ever.
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