13-year-old Yu Zidi of North China's Hebei province won the women's 200m individual medley at the country's 15th National Games on Tuesday, clocking a new Asian record time of 2 minutes 7.41 seconds.
"I never imagined I could achieve a result like this. I just wanted to break my personal best, but I didn't expect to swim this fast," Yu said in a post-race interview.
In May, Yu secured a berth for the World Championships at Shenzhen after finishing second in the event at the National Swimming Championships in 2:10.63, the fastest time ever by a 12-year-old in the discipline.