Handsome swim coach in China draws mums to sign kids up for lessons

Mothers in Hangzhou, China are flocking to sign their children up for swimming lessons for a peculiar reason: one good-looking coach.

Videos of the coach, surnamed Chen, have gone viral on Weibo.

He is often seen clad in a swim top and colourful trunks, or topless during his coaching lessons.

According to online users, the clips are filmed by mothers who have dropped their children off for swimming lessons.

Chen is currently awaiting entry in to the Nanjing Sport Institute.

The swim school, Hangzhou's Chen Jinglun Sports School, is noted for having trained and honed multiple Olympic champions, including Chinese swimmers Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen.

The school's competitive entry programme reportedly selected over 800 children from nearly 100 kindergartens for its summer talent programme, of which Chen is a part-time coach.

Online comments were drawn to Chen's physique and good looks, as well as his ease with the children he coached.

"If my swimming coach looked like this when I was a kid, I would still be able to learn!" one user wrote.

His presence at the swim school have also become a source of motivation for some parents to send their children for lessons.

"Just because of this coach, I'm so motivated to send my kids swimming every day," another said.

After going viral, Chen has taken to social media to thank his fans, as well as voice concerns about the unexpected fame, WeirdKaya reported.

While he was thankful, he asked for privacy and requested fans not send messages to his social media accounts.

Top images via Weibo