Olympics-Cycling-China team sprint gold a 'sport orgasm' says French coach

By Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - When China's Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi won the women's team sprint to secure their country's first ever track cycling gold it was hard to see their faces under bright red helmets. But the beaming smile across the French coach's face was clear for all to see. "It was a sport orgasm. It's the best feeling in my sport life," Benoit Vetu, who has coached the Chinese sprint team since 2013, told Reuters after the race. The Chinese broke the world record in qualifying and were too strong for Russians Anastasia Voinova and Daria Shmeleva in the final on the brand new Rio track. The gold comes after bitter disappointment at the world championships in March when Jinjie and Tianshi were disqualified in the final for changing a fraction too early. Vetu was so distressed by the result he broke his wrist smashing a table in anger. "It's a bit painful still, but it's a good reminder now," he said. "I work with passion. This is not just a job, this is passion." Asked whether he would continue to coach the Chinese team, Vetu said he needed time to think about his next step. "I will go back to France, have a rest and decide after that." (Reporting by Stephen Eisenhammer; Editing by Andrew Hay)