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Olympic champion sets new world record
Football
- 09 March, 2019
- 11:20
Baku. 9 March. REPORT.AZ/ Rio Olympics race walk champion Liu Hong broke the 50km world record and became the first woman to dip under the four-hour mark at an event in Haungshan on Saturday, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said, Report informs citing Reuters.
Liu clocked three hours, 59 minutes and 15 seconds for the longer race, clipping more than five minutes off the previous record (4:04:36) set by compatriot Liang Rui in Taicang last year.
She also won gold in Summer Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil in 2016.
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