[2][3] In the mixed duet technical routine, she and her partner Shi Haoyu won the gold medal with a score of 76.9274 points.

[4] They followed up their performance with another gold medal, this time in the mixed duet free routine with a score of 77.8667 points.

[5] Later in the year, in July at the 2018 World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, she won silver medals in the mixed duet technical routine, with a score of 79.3538 points, and the mixed duet free routine, with a score of 81.4667 points, competing with partner Shi Haoyu in both events.

[6] In the preliminaries of the mixed duet technical routine at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary with artistic swimming contested in June, Yiyao and her partner Shi Haoyu scored 84.8232 points, advancing to the final ranking third.

[9][10][11][12][13] In the preliminaries of the mixed duet free routine four days later, the duo qualified for the final with an overall third-rank and score of 87.8333 points.