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Chinese 13-year-old Yu Zidi starts quickly in the pool at the Asian Games

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Thirteen-year-old Chinese swimming prodigy Yu Zidi won the women's 200m butterfly final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Yu touched the pad first with a blistering time of 2:05.08, securing her first major individual international gold medal. In doing so, she broke the previous Asian Games record of 2:05.57, which was set by compatriot Zhang Yufei at the Hangzhou Games three years earlier. After comfortably leading the morning heats, Yu powered through the final to finish more than three seconds ahead of fellow Chinese swimmer Chang Mohan, who claimed the silver medal, and Japan's Okujono Misa, who took bronze. The performance highlights the emergence of a rising athletic talent on the international sports stage, demonstrating exceptional early career dominance and establishing a new benchmark for competitive swimming across the Asian continent.

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