[2] After her retirement in 2001, Wang Fang returned to her hometown Nanjing where she trained a few local children in Xuanwu District.

[3] Among them were Gu Xiao and Guo Li, then only 9 years old,[4] and Wang Fang coached them all the way from the district youth team to the senior national team.

Liang Xinping (a year younger than Gu Xiao and Guo Li) also came under her wing at the age of 12.

[5] The trio was on Wang Fang's national team, who won silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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