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Thirteen-year-old swimming star Yu Zidi claimed a dominant victory in the 400m individual medley to complete a hat-trick of gold medals at the Asian Games.<\/b><\/p>\n
China’s Yu led from start to finish as she set a new Games record of four minutes 28.56 seconds, smashing the previous record – which had stood since 2014 – by nearly 4.5 seconds.<\/p>\n
Her time is the fourth fastest in the world this year, with only Canada’s world record holder Summer McIntosh having gone quicker.<\/p>\n
Yu was 3.95 seconds clear of compatriot Ke Wenxi, who took silver, with Japan’s Mio Narita claiming bronze.<\/p>\n
Having already won gold in the 200m butterfly<\/a> and 200m individual medley<\/a> in Nagoya – both in Games record times – Yu is being widely tipped to contend for the medals at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, North Korea weightlifter Ri Song Gum broke three world records on her way to securing her third Asian Games gold in the women’s 49kg category.<\/p>\n Defending champion Ri, 28, lifted 94kg in the snatch segment and followed up with a clean-and-jerk of 121kg, both marks 1kg more than the previous world bests.<\/p>\n It gave her a total haul of 215kg – some 4kg more than the previous world record.<\/p>\n “The world record and this gold medal hold great meaning for me, because of everything I poured into this competition,” Ri said.<\/p>\n “I stepped out on to the competition floor today carrying that faith and those expectations.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n