China’s 13-year-old swimmer Yu eyes Asian Games gold hattrick
Yu Zidi has already won two golds in Tokyo in Games-record times, with team-mates saying her stunning success is no longer a surprise.
TOKYO: Thirteen-year-old swimmer Yu Zidi is closing in on her third Asian Games gold medal, setting the fastest time in the heats for the women's 400m individual medley competition. Yu, a schoolgirl who has been the talk of swimming since becoming the youngest medallist at the world championships last year, already has two golds from Tokyo in Games-record times. Her team-mate Zhang Yufei, a multiple Olympic gold medallist and world champion, says that Yu's success is no longer surprising.
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