A 12-year-old Chinese swimmer has been hailed a “sensation” and is on course for the world championships after clocking the fastest time in history in her event at that age.<\/p>\n
Yu Zidi’s blistering 2mins 10.63sec in the women’s 200m individual medley at China’s national championships was well inside the standard required to qualify for Singapore in July-August.<\/p>\n
China’s swimming association told AFP they will wait until the week-long national competition in Shenzhen finishes on Saturday before finalizing their squad for the world championships in Singapore.<\/p>\n
Yu’s scintillating swim on Sunday gave her second place behind Paris Olympian Yu Yiting in Shenzhen.<\/p>\n
The global governing body, World Aquatics, tweeted: “12-year-old sensation alert!”
\nHad the schoolgirl competed at last year’s Paris Olympics, her time would have been good enough to reach the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
Yu, who turns 13 in October, trains in the northern province of Hebei and has been earmarked as a “new star” by Chinese state media after first making national headlines last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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