Chinese 'sensation' Yu, 12, sets 200m record

Chinese schoolgirl Yu Zidi has been hailed a "sensation" aft mounting nan fastest clip ever for a 12-year-old successful nan 200m individual medley astatine China's nationalist championships.

Yu vanished 2nd successful nan arena pinch a clip of 2 minutes and 10.63 seconds, down 2024 Olympic finalist Yu Yuting.

The time, if achieved successful nan heats astatine past year's Paris Olympics, would person resulted successful nan youngster reaching nan semi-finals.

Global governing assemblage World Aquatics posted "12-year-old sensation alert" connected its charismatic X account.

Yu, who turns 13 successful October, could gain a spot successful China's nationalist squad for nan World Championships successful Singapore successful July.

The capacity of elite Chinese swimmers has been successful nan spotlight since earlier nan Paris Olympics.

China selected 11 athletes for nan Games successful France from a group of 23 that had returned affirmative doping tests.

As a consequence of nan positives, nan International Testing Agency (ITA) committed to testing Chinese athletes 8 times - doubly arsenic often arsenic modular - betwixt nan commencement of 2024 and nan Games successful Paris.

After finishing 4th successful nan 4x100m relay pinch Great Britain, Adam Peaty questioned China's victory, saying: "There's nary constituent winning if you're not winning fair."

Two of nan 4 golden medallists, Qin Haiyang and Sun Jiajun, were among nan 23 Chinese swimmers who returned affirmative doping tests anterior to nan Tokyo Olympics.

The China Anti-Doping Agency said nan swimmers who grounded tests earlier Paris 2024 had unintentionally ingested bosom medicine trimetazidine, and overseas ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said nan state "consistently adhered to nan patient stance of zero tolerance for doping".