Swimmer can make history on Monday as the youngest person to win a medal at an international event since 1936
Yu Zidi could make history on Monday, when the 12-year-old sensation races for her first medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
While Canadian world record holder Summer McIntosh, herself only 18 and an Olympic champion in the event, is the overwhelming favourite in the 200m individual medley final, Yu could become the youngest person to win a medal at an international event in 89 years.
That accolade belongs to Denmark’s Inge Sorensen, who won bronze less than a month after turning 12 at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the women’s 200m breaststroke.
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