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Chinese swimmer Jiang Haiqi goes from Olympic podium to river police




Jiang Haiqi starred alongside Sun Yang in winning a relay swimming bronze medal for China at the London 2012 Olympics.But now he is doing national duty of a very different kind – as a policeman saving lives on Shanghai’s Huangpu River.Jiang has the broad shoulders that hint at his former life in the pool but since 2018 he has swapped his swimming trunks for a blue uniform.Now 28, he patrols on a police boat and one of his main tasks is rescuing people when they fall into the river that swirls…



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