The former head coach of China's national diving team has now hired a lawyer to continue her quest to prosecute a rival coach for allegedly claiming athletes' bonuses that she claims are rightfully hers.

Yu Fen, who trained China's diving queens and Olympic stars Fu Mingxia and Guo Jingjing, said on Monday that she has also submitted evidence to relevant authorities to support her claim that national diving team director Zhou Jihong misappropriated several million yuan in bonuses earned by divers that Yu developed and was therefore in line to benefit from.

The outspoken Yu, who has been at odds with her replacement Zhou since she left the team on bitter terms in 1997, was outraged two days ago when the State General Administration of Sport (SGAS) said it found no trace of impropriety in Zhou's conduct.