Swimming to look at age rules after 12-year-old makes waves

SINGAPORE: Swimming’s governing body said Wednesday it will “have a look” at its entry rules after Yu Zidi’s participation at the world championships at the age of 12. The Chinese schoolgirl came within 0.06sec of winning a medal on Monday in Singapore and could yet reach the podium, with two of her more favored events to come. American silver medallist Alex Walsh said Yu was “phenomenally talented at such a young age.” But there have also been questions raised about the impact on Yu mentally and physically of high-level training and competing.