Foreign coaches make their mark

Athletes and mentors battle through cultural, language issues. Sun Xiaochen files this package from the Asiad.

When Chinese fencer Sun Yujie squared off against host favorite Shin A-lam in the women's epee individual final of the Asian Games, a tall, gray man in a Chinese uniform stood out from the hard-cheering local crowd through his extreme composure.

He kept his eyes glued on the piste from the upper stand, reaching out his right arm to stab almost simultaneously with Sun as if he could control his Chinese student from afar.