In a bombshell for the Chinese diving team, one of China's biggest sports stars, two-time gold medal-winning diver Guo Jingjing, is pregnant and leaving the national team, according to some Chinese media reports. Here is the translation of a story from NetEase:

China’s economy has taken great steps toward liberalization since 1979. However, its athletics are still an odd remnant of the communist (little ‘c’) system.