Yang Shuqing (Chinese: 杨树青; born 30 August 1996) is a female Chinese race walker who specialises in the 50 kilometres race walk. She was the bronze medallist over 50 km at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[2]
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| Born | 30 August 1996 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  China | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 50 km Race Walk | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 50 km walk – 4:20:49 (2017)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography edit
She took part in the 2017 World Championships inaugural 50 km women's event on August 13, 2017 where she won the bronze medal in 4 h 20 min 49 s. The race saw the participation of just seven athletes, out of which only four officially finished.[3][4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Yang Shuqing at World Athletics
- ^ "50 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Athletics: Henriques breaks own world record to win women's 50km title". Reuters. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "REPORT: WOMEN'S 50KM RACE WALK – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON 2017". iaaf.org. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
