Chinas Yu Zidi has already burst onto the swimming scene, but the 12-year-old made more history at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Thursday.
Yu became the youngest ever medalist at the competition after being part of Chinas bronze medal winning team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay in Singapore.
Although she did not compete in Thursdays final, Yu was eligible for a medal as she swam in the preliminary race to qualify her country for the final.
Australias team of Lani Pallister, Jamie Perkins, Brittany Castelluzzo and Mollie OCallaghan won gold in a time of 7:39.35 , with the US earning silver in 7:40.01 and China finishing almost three seconds after the Americans in third in 7:42.99.
Yu had narrowly missed out on an individual medal in the womens 200m butterfly earlier on Thursday after finishing fourth, 0.31 seconds behind third-placed Elizabeth Dekkers of Australia.
She also finished fourth and just outside a medal position in the womens 200m medley on Monday, touching the wall 0.06 seconds behind bronze winner Mary-Sophie Harvey of Canada.
She will have one more opportunity to win an individual medal at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships when she competes in the womens 400m medley, with both the heats and the final on Sunday.
Yus participation in the World Aquatics Championships has led to questions over the competitions eligibility rules. Swimming governing body World Aquatics has a minimum age requirement of 14 for the world championships, but Yus times are so fast that she qualifies regardless.
Brent Nowicki, the executive director of World Aquatics, admitted during the championships that the governing body will have to review its guidelines in the future.
I didnt think Id have this conversation, but now I think we have to go back and say, Is this appropriate? Nowicki told reporters in Singapore, per the Associated Press . Is this really the right way to go forward and do we need to do other things? Put other guardrails up? Do we allow it under certain conditions? I dont know the answer.
中国游泳新星余子迪早已崭露头角，而这位12岁小将在周四的2025年世界游泳锦标赛上再创历史。
在新加坡举行的4x200米自由泳接力赛中，俞（Yu）作为中国队夺得铜牌的成员之一，成为该项赛事史上最年轻的奖牌获得者。
尽管余姓选手未参加周四的决赛，但由于她在预赛中为国家队赢得决赛资格，仍具备获得奖牌的资格。
由拉尼·帕利斯特、杰米·珀金斯、布列塔尼·卡斯泰卢佐和莫莉·奥卡拉甘组成的澳大利亚队以7分39秒35的成绩夺得金牌，美国队以7分40秒01获得银牌，中国队以7分42秒99位列第三，落后美国队近三秒。
周四早些时候，在女子200米蝶泳比赛中，余（音译）以0.31秒之差落后于获得季军的澳大利亚选手伊丽莎白·德克斯，最终排名第四，遗憾与个人奖牌擦肩而过。
在周一举行的女子200米混合泳比赛中，她以0.06秒之差落后于加拿大铜牌得主玛丽-索菲·哈维，最终获得第四名，与奖牌失之交臂。
她将在2025年世界游泳锦标赛女子400米混合泳项目中再次冲击个人奖牌，预赛和决赛均于周日进行。
余依婷参加世界游泳锦标赛的资格引发了外界对赛事准入规则的质疑。尽管国际泳联规定世锦赛参赛选手最低年龄需满14周岁，但她的成绩远超标准，因而获得参赛资格。
世界泳联执行董事布伦特·诺维茨基在锦标赛期间承认，该管理机构未来将不得不重新审视其指导方针。
诺维茨基（Nowicki）在新加坡接受美联社采访时表示："我本以为不会进行这样的讨论，但现在我认为我们必须重新审视并质疑：'这种做法是否恰当？'这真的是正确的推进方式吗？我们是否需要采取其他措施？设置更多保障机制？还是在特定条件下允许它？我目前还没有答案。"
