sun shuwei, a world champion in ing, is a boy of 14 from guangdong. he loved swimming when he was a small boy and at eight he became a member of the ing team in guangdong province.

　　he studied hard at school and trained hard for five years before he came to the national team. a year later in 1990, he won a gold medal at the 11th asian games and became a world champion at the 6th world swimming championships early this year.