INCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese swimming team confirmed on Monday that Sun Yang will not compete in the 4x200m freestyle relay final to be held this evening at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatic Center.

A team official, who refused to be named, denied that Sun will quit the Asian Games as a whole, as some Chinese news portals had reported.

Sun's coach Zhang Yadong told Xinhua that Sun will stay on with the individual events that he has entered, which include 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle.