Olympic swimming coach ends stellar career in style

Zhang Yadong is set to step down as China's national swimming coach after achieving success at last week's Japan Open short course swimming championships.

China won seven gold medals at the tournament, with Beijing Games 400m freestyle silver medalist Zhang Lin racking up a hat trick. In five of the seven events, the Chinese matched the third best times of the season.

Coach Zhang, who mentored Athens Olympic breaststroke champion Luo Xuejuan then led the national team to one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the Beijing Games last summer, will now serve as the vice-president of a sports academy in Zhejiang province.