Ban lifted as Sun Yang splits with long-time coach

The ban imposed on London Olympic champion Sun Yang was lifted Thursday but he will train under former Chinese head coach Zhang Yadong as his long-term coach Zhu Zhigen resigned due to health reasons.

Both the Chinese swimming national team and the Zhejiang College of Sports lifted Sun's ban from competition and endorsement yesterday. Sun had been suspended from training, competition and commercial events after he was detained by police for driving without a license in November last year.

Shang Xiutang, deputy head of the Chinese Swimming Administrative Center, hopes the 400 and 1,500 freestyle Olympic champion will get good results at the National Championships in May as well as the Asian Games in September. Shang also said that Sun will train under Zhang until the end of the Asiad. Zhang earlier coached former women's breaststroke Olympic champion Luo Xuejuan.