Pooling its younger resources

Team China opts for youth, as it looks to build a platform for Olympic success at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore

With international powers pushing full steam ahead into the new Olympic cycle, China's young swimming team refuses to be left behind, aiming to step it up a notch at the Singapore worlds to bolster its LA28 ambitions.

Entering the first year of the race to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, the Chinese swimming program has recognized the need for urgency, speeding up its youth movement from the get-go, after watching world records in six events fall to international rivals leading up to the World Aquatics Championships.

The country has taken immediate action by sending its youngest-ever world championship squad — boasting an average age of 21 — to the Singapore meet.