Fostering more talented youth is the key to developing the sport of figure skating in China, said Zhao Hongbo, former Olympic champion and coach of the national youth figure skating team.

Zhao and Shen Xue, his wife and partner on the ice, announced their retirement after winning the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

"We have already reached the goal of winning the Olympic Games, so fostering new champions has become our next goal," Zhao said.