Singapore, July 27, 2025 (AFP) - Chinese swimmer reaches world championships final aged 12

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2025-07-27

The 12-year-old Chinese swimming prodigy Yu Zidi surprised even herself after reaching the final of the 200m medley at the world championships in Singapore on Sunday. The schoolgirl squeezed into the final in Singapore in seventh place in 2min 10.22sec in what is not her best event. Yu, who juggles swimming with her homework, is also competing in the 400m medley and the 200m butterfly against most of the best swimmers on the planet. "I'm in? Oh,......

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