Yu Zidi is young enough to be in primary school but produced a stunning swim at her country’s trials for Paris 2024 after a controversial week for the sport.
The story that broke on the weekend involving nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers testing positive to a banned substance before the Tokyo Olympics has rocked world sport.
The Australian swimmer spent his career championing clean sport. He believes the integrity of “all sport” is under threat following revelations of positive Chinese drug tests.
Veteran Australian swimming coach Denis Cotterell has vehemently rejected claims of systemic doping in Chinese swimming after a drug scandal rocked the sport.
Australian breaststroker Zac Stubblety-Cook lost his world record last year to a Chinese swimmer who tested positive to a banned substance before the Tokyo Olympics.
Kyle Chalmers claimed gold in the men's 100m freestyle at the 2024 Australian swimming championships.
Australian swimming young gun Mollie O'Callaghan won the women's 200m freestyle final comfortably at the 2024 national championships on the Gold Coast.
Twenty-three swimmers tested positive for the banned substance before the Tokyo Olympics,but were secretly cleared of doping by Chinese officials.
The Australian arrived at the Tokyo Olympics full of confidence after a faultless build-up,but things didn’t go to plan. He’s determined it won’t happen again in Paris.
Australia’s most decorated Olympian,Emma McKeon,confirmed this week that Paris will be her final Olympics.
The early signs are promising for Ariarne Titmus’ bid to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the 400m freestyle after victory at the Australian Open Championships.