Who were the top teen athletes at the Asian Games?

What the report says

Teen athletes were among the standout performers at the Asian Games in Japan, with Al Jazeera highlighting a mix of swimming, athletics, archery, squash, e-sports and skateboarding stars who won medals and set records. The article focused on competitors who were still in their teens, and in one case even younger, showing how youth athletes increasingly shaped the competition’s biggest moments.

China’s Yu Zidi, 13, emerged as one of the event’s most notable names, winning three gold medals and setting three Asian Games records in her debut. Also from China, 19-year-old Zhang Zhanshuo collected seven golds and helped drive Chinese dominance in the pool, while Japan’s 17-year-old Shin Ohashi broke the world record in the men’s 200m breaststroke. Other teen champions included China’s Yan Ziyi in javelin and Chen Yujie in sprinting, along with India’s Kumkum Mohod in archery, who made history for her country with an individual recurve gold.

The piece also noted strong results from other young athletes across the region. Japan’s Taiju Goto and India’s Anahat Singh added silver medals in track and squash respectively, while 11-year-old Yuki Kurihara of Japan became the youngest gold medallist in Asian Games history in e-sports. Taiwan’s Ku Yong-yan, 12, took silver in men’s skateboarding park. Together, these results underscored how the Games served as a stage for emerging talent already competing at elite level.