Chinese foreign affairs paying off

Young athletes prospering under mentorship of top-notch coaches China's new wave of track and field athletes are prospering under the guidance of a "magnificent seven" of foreign coaches.

When Chinese long jumper Wang Jianan celebrated the bronze medal he won at the Beijing world championships at the Bird's Nest on Tuesday, a tall man in his 60s wearing a hat with the Team China logo was mobbed by local media.

At the center of the swarm was Randall Huntington, a renowned American track coach who has played an instrumental role in the leap of China's long jumping in the Western-dominated event since he was hired by the Chinese Athletics Association in November 2013.