Kaifu Lee revealed personal information of American coach John Leonard on blogging site Weibo Details were retweeted 14,000 times and led to at least one death threat Mr Lee has removed post but said Leonard should apologize for remarks made about two-time gold medalist Ye Shiwen

By Louise Boyle

PUBLISHED: 18:08 EST, 2 August 2012 | UPDATED: 18:08 EST, 2 August 2012

The Olympic row between the U.S. and China rolled on today as the personal details of the American swimming coach who questioned the gold-medal success of Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen were shared with 15 million bloggers.

The home and work addresses, phone numbers and email of John Leonard were posted to Sina Weibo, a Chinese Twitter-like site.

The information was posted by Kaifu Lee who once ran Google in China. He has since deleted Tuesday's post but not before it was retweeted 14,000 times.

Going public: Kaifu Lee posted the details of American swimming coach John Leonard on to Chinese site Sina Weibo - where they were seen by his 15 million followers

Mr Lee wrote that he had read numerous articles on 16-year-old swimmer Ye Shiwen and that all were 'relentless attacks from John Leonard'.

According to the BBC, he then wrote: 'John Leonard should apologize. Below are his background and contact details. If you want to contact him, I suggest using civilised and factual approach.'

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Ye Shiwen: Ex Google boss Kaifu Lee posts personal info of coach John Leonard on Weibo