Yu Zidi, 12, a participation in swimming Worlds and waves of questions

At the Singapore world swimming world championships. Consequently, there is for the yu zidi, 12, participation swimming time being only one superstar: Summer McIntosh and his two world titles on 400 m free and 200 m swimming. The 18-year-old Canadian could quickly be robbed of the French Léon Marchand. who entered the class of the city-city aquatic center on Wednesday, July 30, on 200 m swimming. However. the swimmer who has made the most sensation since these World Cup debut is a curiosity by the name of Yu Zidi.

The swimmer in the Chinese province of Hebei. south of Beijing, is talented and has certainly not stolen her place in international competition, but she is only 12 years old. The youngest participant of these Worlds. men and women combined, has narrowly failed – to the near three yu zidi, 12, participation swimming hundredths – to finish on the 200 m 4 swim podium. On Wednesday. she qualified for the semi-finals of the 200 m butterfly and she will play the 400 m 4 swimming at the end of the week.

Since this first performance. far from having gone unnoticed, his case arouses fascination among swimming professionals and sometimes indignation among the followers of the competition. “It will be interesting to see how she will use this competition to translate it in her future swimming. because she has a really brilliant future”assured the American Alex Walsh, second in the 200 m 4 swimming and barely preceding the young Chinese.

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