German official questions why rules changed to allow 12-year-old to swim at World Aquatics Championships, says children not mentally ready
China’s Yu Zidi eased into the finals of the women’s 200-metre butterfly at the World Aquatics Championships on Wednesday, hours after a German official questioned whether she should even have been allowed to take part.
The 12-year-old’s time of two minutes, 08.95 seconds was the fifth fastest in the morning’s heats in Singapore, with Canada’s Summer McIntosh leading the way in 2:07.07.
McIntosh has already bagged two gold medals in Singapore and she is looking to join Phelps as the only swimmer to win five individual titles at a single world championships. Yu finished fourth behind McIntosh in the 200m IM final on Monday.
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