Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Yu Zidi Wins Second Gold; Asian Games Doping Case Emerges
Yu Zidi is a 13-year-old swimmer from China.
She won her second gold medal at the Asian Games in two days.
Her time in the 200-meter individual medley was the fastest recorded in the world this year.
A Thai badminton player, Pitchamon Opatniputh, tested positive for a banned medicine called furosemide.
She has been temporarily suspended while the case is handled.
North and South Korea played a women’s football match that ended in a 1-1 draw.
In boxing, two medalists from the last Asian Games lost their opening matches.
Japan and China also shared gold in a tied men’s swimming race.
China’s 13-year-old Yu Zidi won her second swimming gold, taking the women’s 200m individual medley in 2:06.10.
Yu’s time was reported as the fastest in the world this year and 0.40 seconds short of the world record.
Thailand’s Pitchamon Opatniputh became the first known doping case of the Nagoya-Aichi Games after testing positive for furosemide.
North and South Korea drew 1-1 in women’s football, while the players exchanged only limited interaction after the match.
Boxing produced early upsets as medalists from the previous Hangzhou Games lost in the men’s 70kg division.
- Who
- Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi, Thai badminton player Pitchamon Opatniputh, and athletes from across Asia were central to the day’s events.
- What
- Yu won a second swimming gold, Opatniputh became the first known doping case, Korea’s women’s football teams drew, and boxing upsets occurred.
- When
- Monday during the Nagoya-Aichi Asian Games; Yu’s first gold came on Sunday.
- Where
- Events took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, in Shizuoka, and at venues in Aichi, including Nishio Gymnasium.
- Why
- Yu’s performance drew attention because of her exceptional time, while Opatniputh’s positive sample triggered a provisional suspension.
- Yu Zidi’s age
- 13
- Yu’s event and time
- Women’s 200m individual medley in 2:06.10
- Yu’s world-record gap
- 0.40 seconds slower than the reported world record
- Doping case
- Pitchamon Opatniputh tested positive for furosemide
- Doping status
- Opatniputh was provisionally suspended
- Football result
- North Korea and South Korea drew 1-1
- Swimming tie
- Japan’s Shin Ohashi and China’s Dong Zhihao shared gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke