Swim coach out over sex with 13-year-old

Swimming NZ has suspended coach Stacey Friel for a year because she had a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old swimmer.

Friel, 21, was banned from competing in this year's New Zealand Open after she admitted the relationship.

She escaped prosecution because sex between women and underage boys is not illegal.

She said she fell in love with the boy during their six-month relationship.