Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru a Yi ki ngā Orimipia o te tau 2012 i runga i te tūranga tuatahi o te ao i te pupuhi hau 10 mita. I roto i te whakataetae Olympic
I eke ia ki te 399 o te 400 pea i te rauna tuatahi, e taurite ana mo te waahi tuatahi me Sylwia Bogacka. I nga whiringa toa i te Royal Artillery Barracks, i eke ia ki te 10+ i ia pupuhi, i te mea he 9.7 te utu nui a Bogacka i te pupuhi waru o te tekau. Na reira, i patu a Yi i a Sylwia Bogacka 103.9 ki te 103.2 i te whiringa toa kia wini i te mētara koura tuatahi o te 2012 Summer Olympics me te kaute katoa 502.9. Mo tana wikitoria, i kii a Yi "Ko taku pumau i awhina i ahau i tenei ra, i te wa ano ka whakaaro ahau he tino waimarie ahau".