Short track team's 'mother' wants to stay

Beijing - Li Yan missed her daughter so much that she 'adopted' a team to help fill the void.

Four years ago, she left her now five-year-old daughter with her husband in the United States to become head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team.

To alleviate the pain of being away from her youngster, she immersed herself in her work so much that she came to call the skaters in her charge her "children".