China’s swimming prodigy Yu Zidi bags third gold in Asian Games record

The 13-year-old beat the previous 400m Asian Games record, set by China’s Ye Shiwen in 2014, by about 4.5 seconds.Published On 23 Sep 202623 Sep 2026China’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.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.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4India’s Mandhana breaks T20 record in Asian Games cricket semifinal winlist 2 of 4Who is Yu Zidi, China’s 13-year-old swimming sensation?list 3 of 4Afghan cyclist who escaped Taliban wins Asian Games silver medallist 4 of 4‘Disgraceful’: Did India bully umpires to win Japan T20 cricket match?end of listShe beat the previous 400m games record set by China’s Ye Shiwen in 2014 by approximately 4.5 seconds.It was the fourth-fastest time in the world this year, with world record-holder Summer McIntosh owning the top three.With the next Olympics two ...