Aussie coach sells training program secrets to China - report

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

BEIJING (AFP) — An Australian swim coach has sparked a storm after admitting selling the training program used by his protege Jessica Schipper for "big money" to the Chinese girl who beat her at the Olympics.

Ken Wood sold his top-secret training methods, which transformed Schipper into a world-record breaking 200m butterflyer, to the Chinese coach of Liu Zige, according to News Ltd newspapers in Australia on Sunday.

Previously unknown, Liu came out of nowhere to win gold in the event here and shatter Schipper's world record by 1.22 seconds in the process, leaving the Australian a distant third.

It was only China's third gold since its prime at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, when it won four.

"They pay for the programs," Wood was quoted as saying....

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