2025 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- May 17-24, 2025
- Shenzhen, China
- LCM (50 meters)
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap
- Results
The 2025 Chinese National Swimming Championships continued tonight from Shenzhen and we were treated to another significant swim at the hands of 12-year-old Yu Zidi.
After firing off a monster performance of 2:10.63 in the women’s 200m IM last night to qualify for the World Championships, Yu followed up with a mark of 2:08.52 to take the second seed out of the women’s 200m fly semi-finals.
Taking the top spot in the semi was Yu Liyan who touched in 2:08.43 so Yu Zidi‘s outing was just .09 off that mark to be in the running for a World Championships roster slot in the event.
Yu split 28.59/33.16 (1:01.75)/33.25/33.52 (1:06.77) to check in with a time that rendered her just outside the list of China’s top 10 performers of all time. Her 2:08.52 performance overtook her previous personal best of 2:09.86 notched as an 11-year-old at last August’s Chinese Summer National Championships.
For perspective, the reigning U.S. National Age Group Record for 11-12-year-old girls rests at the 2:15.02 Cassidy Bayer established in 2012. Additionally, the 11-12-year-old boys’ benchmark sits at 2:11.07 from Dean Jones in 2018. Yu surpassed both of these by a significant margin to now rank 14th in the world on the season.
Yu Zidi‘s Performances Thus Far at Chinese Nationals
- 54.78 100m freestyle, relay leadoff
- 2:10.63 200m IM
- 1:59.32 200m free
- 2:08.52 200m fly
How is that possible
She’s only 6 seconds off my 2 fly time and she’s 12 and Im 19 💀💀 GG
are you summer mcintosh or liu zige cus those are the only two who are about 6 seconds faster then what she wnet
they prob mean yards time
Im a guy ðŸ˜
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So is she going 2:06 in the final wtf 💀
WELL YES!
Holy moly. She would have nearly medaled at Doha. Plus she really wouldn’t have been that far off the Olympic final.
I still remember 12-year-old Wang Yichun was faster than 12-year-old Phelps in 100 fly. Where is that girl now?
3rd in 100 fly
She,s living her life?