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She finished twenty-first in the 10,000 metres at the Olympic Games.
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long-distance runner marathon runner
She finished twenty-first in the 10,000 metres at the Olympic Games.
The Berlin 2009 Marathon event was Bai"s first time to take part in World Championships and only second time to take part in an international marathon. Bai pulled away from Japan"s Yoshimi Ozaki in the last kilometer to finish the 42.195 km race in two hours 25 minutes and 15 seconds. Ozaki took silver in 2:25:25 and Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia finished third in 2:25:32.
Another two Chinese runners Zhu Xiaolin, fourth finisher in Osaka, and Sun Weiwei, finished fifth in 2:26:08 and 2:29:39 respectively.
lieutenant was also the first gold medal for China in event in Berlin, taking its medal tally to 1-1-2. And it was also the first gold in 10 years for Chinese women athletes" at the world championships.
She continued her good form at the 11th Chinese National Games a few weeks later, setting a 10,000 m personal best on the way to winning the gold medal. At the 2010 London Marathon, she was in contention for much of race but fell away at the 30 km point, ending up in seventh place with a run of 2:25:18.
Her personal best times are:
1500 metres - 4:24.51 minimum (2004)
3000 metres - 9:16.32 minimum (2004)
5000 metres - 15:09.84 minimum (2007)
10,000 metres - 31:17.62 minimum (2009)
Marathon - 2:23:27 hrs (2008).
She returned to China after the championships and defended her title at the Beijing Marathon, beating young national opposition in Zhang Xin and Zhu Xiaoling.