Yin Hang (racewalker)
Yin Hang (Chinese: 尹航; born 7 February 1997) is a female Chinese race walker who specialises in the 20 kilometres and 50 kilometres race walk. She was the silver medallist over 50 km at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[2]
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| Born | 7 February 1997 | |||||||||||||
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| Country |  China | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 20 km Race Walk 50 km Race Walk | |||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 20 km walk – 1:33:26 (2017) 50 km walk – 4:08:58 (2017)[1] | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
She took part in the 2017 World Championships inaugural 50 km women's event on August 13, 2017 where she won the silver medal in 4 h 08 min 58 s thereby beating her previous Asian Record. The race saw the participation of just seven athletes, out of which only four officially finished.[3][4]
References
- Yin Hang 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.
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