Guo's off-the-board affairs after the Athens Olympics have been the subject of scrutiny in mainland China and Hong Kong media outlets.

She is reputed to be the girlfriend of national teammate Tian Liang. She then made entertainment headlines with a paparazzi shot of her dining with Kenneth Fok Kai-kong, grandson of the late businessman Henry Fok.

Guo didn't deny the relationship, and has been photographed many times with Kenneth Fok in public. Most recent rumors mentioned that Fok has bought an apartment in Beijing in October 2006 and given it to Guo as a gift.

Asked to choose a place to live in after her retirement from three cities of Beijing, Hong Kong and her hometown Hebei Province, Guo said: "I feel it should be Beijing."

Her former teammate Fu Mingxia married former Hong Kong financial secretary Antony Leung in 2002, two years after beating Guo to win the 3m springboard event and her fourth Olympic gold medal in the Sydney Olympic Games.

Fu was 25 years old at that time and Leung was almost 50. She has been living in Hong Kong since then and is a housewife and a mother of two.

Guo said she has not decided what to do after the retirement. " I have not thought about this question. It's still too early. What I should do now is to work hard and just wait for the 2008 Olympic Games."

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