Article: Feature: "Devil coach" Zhang's 30 weeks with Chinese Taipei weightlifting

Feature: "Devil coach" Zhang's 30 weeks with Chinese Taipei weightlifting

By sportswriter Wu Chen

BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Saying "excuse me", Zhang Jiamin lit a cigarette when talking to reporters, but turning aside every time he breathed out the smoke.

"Hope not to annoy you," he said.

It's difficult to connect the courteous man with the nickname he has got recently -- "devil coach".

The 53-year-old man from Chinese mainland has been working with Chinese Taipei weightlifting team for 30 weeks and became famous among local media for his strictness.

"Actually, it's very simple. I ask them to do morning exercises every day and no weekends," he said.

All the Chinese Taipei ...

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