[2] Shijun Diao of the magazine Chunqiu Birmonthly called Jin "swimming prince" in a 1998 profile.

[4] Through her lawyer Lin Yaoqiang, the Shanghai woman referee Chen Xia accused Jin and three fellow Shandong swimming team teammates of kicking her to the floor and assaulting her on 15 October 2000, during the Chinese National Swimming Championships, causing her to be hospitalised for cerebral hematoma.

[5][6] According to Lin, they attacked her after she called a security guard to help after they cornered chief referee Dou Xuanguan when he told them they were disqualified from the competition for not registering in time.

[7] In an interview in October 2001, Jin said the half-year suspension he received was unfair because it was another teammate who assaulted Chen, not he.

In an interview, he said, "Winning the bronze medal does not show how strong I am, but that China's overall strength in this event is really poor.