Teenager Yu Yiting lowers world junior record twice in two days China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-06 09:29 Share CLOSE Yu Yiting of Zhejiang competes during the women s 200m individual medley final at the 2021 Chinese National Swimming Championships in Qingdao, East China s Shandong province, May 4, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
QINGDAO, Shandong－Fifteen-year-old Yu Yiting renewed the world junior record in the women s 200m individual medley twice in two days at the Chinese National Swimming Championships.
On Tuesday, Yu led the 200 IM final from start to finish to touch in 2 minutes 9.64 seconds and set a new world junior mark－the sixth-fastest time in the world this year.
Youth swimmer Yu Yiting breaks world junior record twice in two days
Xinhua
05 May 2021, 02:44 GMT+10
QINGDAO, China, May 4 (Xinhua) 15-year-old Yu Yiting renewed the world junior mark in the women s 200m individual medley twice in two days at the Chinese National Swimming Championships. I smiled for so long that my jaws hurt, said the Ningbo youngster who was still smiling. On Tuesday, Yu, who led the 200m individual medley from start to finish, smashed 2:09.64 for the gold medal and set a new world junior record, the sixth-best in the world this year. Earlier on Sunday, Yu swept 2:09.88 in the heats, replacing the previous mark set by Japan s Rikako Ikee of 2:09.98 in 2017. Meanwhile, Yu also claimed silver in 100m butterfly stroke following Zhang Yufei.
Rising Chinese swimming star breaks two world junior records
Xinhua
05 May 2021, 12:02 GMT+10
15-year-old Yu Yiting has broken the record in the world women s 200m individual medley twice in two days. I smiled for so long that my jaws hurt, said the Ningbo youngster who was still smiling.
On Tuesday, Yu, who led the 200m individual medley from start to finish, smashed 2:09.64 for the gold medal and set a new world junior record.
QINGDAO, China, May 4 (Xinhua) 15-year-old Yu Yiting (pictured center) renewed the world junior mark in the women s 200m individual medley twice in two days at the Chinese National Swimming Championships.
Source: China State Council Information Office
15-year-old Yu Yiting renewed the world junior mark in the women’s 200m individual medley twice in two days at the Chinese National Swimming Championships.
“I smiled for so long that my jaws hurt,” said the Ningbo youngster who was still smiling.
On Tuesday, Yu, who led the 200m individual medley from start to finish, smashed 2:09.64 for the gold medal and set a new world junior record, the sixth-best in the world this year.
Earlier on Sunday, Yu swept 2:09.88 in the heats, replacing the previous mark set by Japan’s Rikako Ikee of 2:09.98 in 2017. Meanwhile, Yu also claimed silver in 100m butterfly stroke following Zhang Yufei.