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The Economic Times
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13-year-old Chinese schoolgirl Yu Zidi closes in on third Asian Games gold

China's 13-year-old swimmer Yu Zidi moved closer to a hat-trick of Asian Games gold medals on Wednesday after clocking the fastest qualifying time in the women's 400m individual medley. Yu, who has already won two gold medals at the Games in Tokyo, topped the heats in 4 minutes 39.43 seconds.

Yu finished 0.36 seconds ahead of Japan's Mio Narita to qualify fastest for the final. She has already won the women's 200m butterfly and 200m individual medley titles this week.

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