Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi has won a bronze medal at the swim world championships, an astounding feat for a girl who would be a sixth- or seventh-grade student depending on the school system.
Yu earned the medal by swimming in the prelims of China’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay team. She did not swim in the final on Thursday – China placed third behind winning Australia and the United States – but gets a bronze medal as a team member.
She’s been close to winning an individual medal, placing fourth in both the 200 butterfly and the 200 individual medley. She still has the 400 IM to swim.
Brent Nowicki, the executive director of
