China's Yu Zidi Makes History! Becomes The Youngest Swimmer To...
12-year-old Yu Zidi from China won bronze in the 4x200 freestyle relay at the swim world championships. Yu placed fourth in the 200 butterfly and 200 medley, with the 400 IM left.
Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi has achieved an incredible milestone by securing a bronze medal at the swim world championships. This is a remarkable accomplishment for someone who would typically be a sixth- or seventh-grade student, depending on the school system.
Yu earned the medal by participating in the preliminaries of China's 4×200-meter freestyle relay team. Although she did not swim in the final on Thursday—where China finished third behind Australia and the United States—she still receives a bronze medal as part of the team.
Yu has come close to winning individual medals, having placed fourth in both the 200 butterfly and the 200 individual medley. She still has the 400 IM event to compete in.
Brent Nowicki, the executive director of World Aquatics, mentioned that the governing body would review its age-limit regulations. Currently, the limit is set at 14, but athletes can qualify for the world championships if they meet a stringent time standard.
'I didn't think I'd have this conversation, but now I think we have to go back and say is this appropriate?" he said this week in Singapore. 'Is this really the right way to go forward and do we need to do other things? Put other guardrails up? Do we allow it under certain conditions? I don't know the answer."
He praised Yu as 'great" but also emphasized the need for caution concerning the age issue.
Friday's session will be missing the two standout stars of the meet so far—France's Leon Marchand and Canada's Summer McIntosh—as neither has final swims scheduled.
Five finals are set for Friday, with some attention focused on Evgenila Chikunova, competing as a Neutral Athlete. She holds the world record in the 200 breaststroke and has the top time entering the final. Her main competitor is American Kate Douglass.
South African Pieter Coetze is the favourite in the men's 200 backstroke, with Yohann Ndoye-Brouard of France and Hurbert Kos of Hungary being the next fastest qualifiers.
The other finals include the women's 100 freestyle, the men's 200 breaststroke, and the men's 4×200 relay.
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