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
I guarantee you Summer McIntosh now knows Yu Zidi’s name
This just isn’t comprehendible
If she goes faster than 2:07.01, she has the swim of the year. That’s the untouchable 46 year-old 13-14 NAG that belongs to Mary T that was then the world record. No one at that age has come close, and she still has more than two years to get it.
i mean audrey derivaux was .8 from it when she was 14 and she probably will break the 15-16 meagner record at trials or definetly by next year
She’s going to be the one to break the 200 Fly WR
This is absolutely disgusting. Nuts.
How is that possible
That she was left out of the 100 list for 2025? I am wondering as well.
She’s only 6 seconds off my 2 fly time and she’s 12 and Im 19 💀💀 GG
This is long course not short course yards
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 😭
sybau u dont go 2:02 long course
2:02 isn’t anything out of the ordinary what 😭
Id love to go 2:02 personally
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