Athens Olympic gold medallist Luo Xuejuan was back to training in the pool Monday after fainting following a training last week. 

Luo Xuejuan / file photo

The incident will not disturb Luo's training schedule much, and neither would it impede Luo from attending the national winter swimming championships, Zhu told the newspaper.

Luo, who grabbed the only gold in swimming for China in Athens 2004, fainted twice while in Athens, and was later diagnosed as Potassium deficient.

Returning to train with the local Zhejiang Province swim team this July, Luo was reported to have been mired in a conflict with China's chief coach Zhang Yadong who trained her for over ten years until she became an Olympic champion.

Later Luo was left off the roster of China's Asian Games contingent, which the media contributed to their worsening relations. The China's Swimming Administrative Center nevertheless explained that Luo was simply not in form.

Zhang, attending a ceremony in Zhejiang, visited Luo over the weekend.

Zhang, in an interview with Sport.org.cn this summer, explained his bumpy relationship with Luo, saying it is "not like what the media think it is."

"There's only one truth. She wanted me to continue training her after I was promoted to chief coach, but this was impossible as I now have a dozen swimmers to care for." Zhang said.

"That is the only conflict, if it even qualifies as a conflict."