Lang Yinglai Explained

Lang Yinglai (born 22 August 1979) is a female Chinese former middle distance runner.

On 18 October 1997 at the 1997 National Games of China in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in 3:51.34 minutes, taking the silver medal behind Jiang Bo. This time ranks her as the fourth fastest in the world of all time, only behind Genzebe Dibaba, Qu Yunxia and Jiang.[1] This is also the world record for junior athletes.[2] Four days later she won the 800 metres title at the National Games in 1:57.62.[3] She took an 800 m and 1500 m double at the 1997 Asian Junior Athletics Championships.[4]

Lang never had a distinguished career after this, rarely competing internationally.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/ageGroup=N/season=0/gender=W/discipline=1500/legal=A/index.html IAAF Top Lists - 1500 Metres women
  2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/wrecj.htm World Junior Records and Best Performances
  3. http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/chn.htm Chinese Games
  4. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asj.htm Asian Junior Championships