Struggling Gold Medalist
Athletics, News January 3rd, 2008
This is another sad story about doping and athletes. Chinese runner Xing Huina is hoping to find a new coach and a new training program since her former coach Wang Dexian received a lifelong ban from coaching when another runner under his direction tested positive for steroids. While I do think support Wang’s ban, I think that Xing (who never tested positive for steroids) ends up suffering quite a bit because of it.
“After I left Wang, I have been training alone. Without systematic trainings and teammates around, it’s impossible to keep up a high-level performance,” said Xing, whose slumping form also cost her a spot in this year’s Osaka World Championships.“There is not much time left for me. I hope I will get back to my best form under Li in the US.”
Xing is heading to the US to train with Chinese-American coach James Li, the USA Track and Field Coach of the Year.
Li, who was born in Chengdu and naturalized as a US citizen in 1998, was named the USA Track and Field Coach of the Year after producing world 1,500m and 5,000m champion Bernard Lagat.
Lagat became the first man to win a 1,500m and 5,000m world championship double this year at Osaka, claiming the US’s first-ever 5,000m podium finish at the Worlds under Li’s guidance.
Head coach of China track and filed team Feng Shuyong also believes the training opportunities in the US will be of great help to Xing’s rehabilitation.
“She is now physically fit and her form is getting better day by day. So it’s the right time for us to send her there,” Feng said. “Li is a great coach. The weather conditions are also very comfortable right now. And besides, training with the high-level teammates will also be helpful.”
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