I was scrolling through my phone during lunch break yesterday when a video caught my eye - Olympic champion Jiao Liuyang, the woman who dominated swimming pools back in 2012 London Games, was teaching a group of kids how to float in a community pool.

The video quality kept buffering - you know how it is when you're trying to watch content from back home while overseas - but I could still see her patiently holding a little girl's hands, the water rippling around them like liquid sunshine. She looked different from the fierce competitor I remembered from TV screens - softer around the edges, but with the same determined spark in her eyes.

What really got me was when she said, 'I'm not competing anymore, but my kids are.' The way she called them 'my kids' - not just students, but her children in sports - reminded me of my aunt back in Guangzhou who runs a neighborhood badminton club. Every weekend, she'd gather the local kids, some as young as six, teaching them how to grip the racket properly. 'They might never become champions,' she'd tell me, 'but they'll learn how to fall and get back up.'

Jiao's words echoed in my head all afternoon. Here's an Olympic gold medalist, someone who's stood on the highest podium, now finding equal joy in seeing a child conquer their fear of water. The video showed one little boy who kept sinking, his goggles filling with water, and Jiao didn't get frustrated - she just demonstrated again, her movements fluid and patient, until he finally managed to kick properly. That moment when he realized he could do it? His face lit up like he'd won his own gold medal.

It made me think about how we define contribution in sports. We're so focused on medals and records that we forget about the coaches, the community teachers, the parents driving kids to 5 AM practices. Jiao could have just enjoyed her retirement, but she chose to pass the torch - or in this case, the swimming goggles - to the next generation.

The timing's perfect too - with the National Games kicking off, it's easy to get caught up in the excitement of competition. But watching Jiao with those kids reminded me that sports isn't just about who crosses the finish line first. It's about the coach who believes in you when you don't believe in yourself, the community that cheers you on, and the simple joy of moving your body in water, on track, or on court.

I messaged my cousin in Shanghai after watching the video - her daughter just started swimming lessons. 'Remember how scared she was of water two months ago?' she wrote back. 'Now she splashes around like a little dolphin.' That's the magic Jiao's talking about - it's not about creating champions, but about creating confidence.

So while we're all excited about the National Games and which province will take home the most medals, let's not forget the countless 'Coach Jiaos' out there - the ones who might not be in the spotlight anymore, but are still in the pool, on the field, in the gym, helping the next generation find their strength. What sports memory from your childhood still makes you smile? For me, it's the smell of chlorine and the sound of my coach saying 'Again, one more time' - and meaning it.

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