FUKUOKA, July 23 (Xinhua) — China’s 17-year-old Yu Yiting reached the ultimate of ladies’s 200 meters particular person medley (IM) for the primary time on the World Aquatics Championships right here on Sunday.
Yu certified because the second placer within the semifinals in 2:09.04, 0.77 seconds behind defending champion Alex Walsh of the United States, who clocked a number one time of two:08.27.
Yu was stopped on the semifinals in her first worlds in Gwangju, South Korea, in 2019 when she was solely 13.
She made her mark on the Tokyo Olympic Games two years later by ending fifth.
Her teammate Ye Shiwen, who rose to stardom by placing a person medley golden double on the London Olympic Games on the age of 16, additionally certified. She was seventh in 2:10.57.