Pakistan, Sept. 24 -- China's 13-year-old swimmer Yu Zidi went fastest in the heats as she closes in on a hat-trick of Asian Games golds on Wednesday - and her team-mates say her stunning success is no longer a surprise.

Yu has already won two golds in Tokyo in Games-record times and will go for a third title in the women's 400m individual medley after posting the fastest time in qualifying with 4min 39.43sec.

The schoolgirl has been the talk of swimming since becoming the youngest medallist in world championships history last year with bronze for China's relay team aged just 12. She is shaping up to be a major medal threat at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Team-mate Zhang Yufei, a multiple Olympic gold medallist and world champion who ...