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China’s 13-year-old swimming sensation Yu Zidi has completed a hat-trick of Asian Games golds with a dominant victory in the 400m individual medley, two years before the Los Angeles Olympics.
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Zidi → complete → Olympics
The schoolgirl powered home in an Asian Games-record 4 minutes 28.56 seconds (04:28.56) on Wednesday to make it a clean sweep of her three individual events in Tokyo, following victories in the 200m butterfly and 200m individual medley, also in games-record times.
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it → power → times
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India → break → match
She beat the previous 400m games record set by China’s Ye Shiwen in 2014 by approximately 4.5 seconds.
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She → beat → seconds
It was the fourth-fastest time in the world this year, with world record-holder Summer McIntosh owning the top three.
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McIntosh → own → three
With the next Olympics two years away, Yu is shaping up to be a major medal contender at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
Last year, she became the youngest medallist at the World Aquatics Championships, where she won bronze for China’s relay team at the age of 12, and has since been earmarked for success in the swimming world.
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she → shape → world
At the same championship, Yu finished fourth by a small margin in three individual events.
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Yu → finish → events
In March, the teen sensation built on her growing reputation with a 200m butterfly victory over seven-time American Olympic medallist Regan Smith at the China Swimming Open.
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sensation → build → Open
At the Asian Games, Yu has dominated the pool and showed another glimpse of her immense talent in the 400m individual medley, where she took the lead from the start and finished 3.95 seconds clear of silver medallist Ke Wenxi of China, with Japan’s Mio Narita finishing third.
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Narita → dominate → China
In addition to grabbing international headlines, Yu has become a sensation at home following her Asian Games exploits.
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Yu → grab → exploits
The story of her introduction to competitive swimming after being spotted by a coach at a water park, and her struggle with interviews, has gone viral on local social media platforms.
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story → spot → platforms
At the games, Yu was asked by the media whether answering questions was the hardest part of competing.
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answering → ask → questions
She replied, with a giggle: “Every time I just want to float off somewhere else.”
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I → reply → giggle
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