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}} Liu Hong (Chinese: 刘虹; born 12 May 1987) is a Chinese race walker. She is the world record holder over the Olympic 20 km distance with a time of 1:24:38 hours, set in 2015. Liu won medals at the World Championships in Athletics in 2009, 2011 and 2013. She placed fourth at the Summer Olympics in both 2008 and 2012. Liu is a two-time gold medallist at the Asian Games (2006 and 2010). She was the runner-up at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 2014. In her early career, she was the World Junior Champion in 2006. ==Career== She first came to prominence by winning the World Junior and Asian Games titles in 2006. After a poor global debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics (19th), she rebounded with a fourth place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She secured her first major medal at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, taking the bronze medal. Later that year she took the national title at the 11th Chinese National Games.〔Jalava, Mirko (2009-10-25). (Liu Xiang begins campaign; Li Shaojie bags fourth gold - Chinese National Games, Day 4 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.〕 Liu retained her title at the 2010 Asian Games and broke the Games record with a time of 1:30:06 hours.〔(Strong night for India as Asian Games kick off before a crowd of 75,000 in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 1 ). IAAF (2010-11-22). Retrieved on 2011-03-23.〕 She opened her 2011 season with a win on the 2011 racewalking circuit at the Memorial Mario Albisetti.〔Sampaolo, Diego (2011-03-21). (Chinese dominate in Lugano ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.〕 She followed this with a win in Taicang, equalling her personal best in the process.〔Wu, Junkuan (2011-04-24). (China eyes race walking gold in Daegu worlds ). Xinhua. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.〕 A third circuit win came in Dublin that year. She won the silver medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, beaten only by Olga Kaniskina who won her third straight title. Liu broke the Asian record for the 20 km walk in Taicang in 2012, defeating Wang Yan's decade-old record with a time of 1:25:46 hours.〔Jalava, Mirko (2012-03-30). (Asian records fall in Taicang Race Walking Challenge ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-03.〕 She missed out on a medal at the 2012 London Olympics, placing fourth behind Qieyang Shenjie, who also broke her Asian record. Liu won at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge Final, however, and defeated Qieyang en route to breaking Jin Bingjie's 22-year-old Asian record for the 5000 m walk at the Chinese University Games.〔Jalava, Mirko (2012-09-18). (Walking records galore at China’s National University Games ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.〕 She set an event record in her first race of 2013, winning the Memorial Albisetti in a time of 1:27:06 hours.〔(Chinese walkers stroll off with two victories in Lugano ). IAAF (2013-03-17). Retrieved on 2013-03-24.〕 She broke the world record for the 20 km walk at the Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña. Taking advantage of warm conditions, she completed the distance in 1:24:38 hours, walking the second 10 km faster than the first, to improve the world record by 24 seconds. This was the fastest time ever, also beating Olimpiada Ivanova and Olga Kaniskina's times that were not ratified as records due to a lack of international judges.〔(Liu breaks 20km race walk world record in La Coruna ). IAAF (2015-06-06). Retrieved on 2015-06-06.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liu Hong (athlete)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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