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===After the Olympics=== Shortly after the Olympics, Luo competed at the [[2004 FINA Short Course World Championships|2004 World Short Course Championships]], where she finished 5th in the 50 breaststroke (31.15). Luo failed to defend her 50 & 100 breaststroke titles in the [[2005 World Aquatics Championships|XI FINA World Swimming Championships]] in [[Montreal]] in 2005. She was 4th in 100 breaststroke (1:07.60) and 7th in 50 breaststroke (31.50). Yet this was understandable as Luo participated in the entire championships with an injured ankle but insisted on competing. She did win the 100 breaststroke at the 2005 Chinese National Games though, posting the 3rd fastest time of the year (1:06.86). She also won silver in the 200 (2:26.50) behind Qi Hui, and posted the fastest relay split (1:05.69) in history when she swam the breaststroke leg for the Zhejiang team in the 4x100 medley relay. Luo was surprisingly upset by young teammate Wang Qun (1:08.56 to 1:09.14) at the [[2005 East Asian Games]] in [[Macau]], though she captured gold in the 50 breast (31.67). The 2006 season saw Luo skipping all major international meets, including the [[2006 FINA Short Course World Championships|World Short Course Championships]] in Shanghai and the Pan Pacific Championships in Vancouver. Rumours started to build that Luo had quarrels with longtime coach Zhang Yadong (Zhang was appointed head coach of the Chinese national team and hence no longer has as much time and attention on coaching Luo as before). Luo was said to have been "exiled" back for training at her home province of Zhejiang, although the swimming authorities insisted that she was still a national team member. At the 2006 Asian Games Trials, Luo managed to win the 50 breaststroke (31.75) and place 2nd in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.14), but her name did not appear on the official list of athletes. The official explanation for not selecting the Olympic Champion is that Luo needed more time to fully rehabilitate her heart condition in preparation for the [[2008 Olympic Games]]. The media was speculating that Luo was close to retirement.
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