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Yin Lili

Yin Lili

Chinese middle-distance runner

Yin Lili (born 11 November 1979) is a female Chinese middle-distance runner.

On 18 October 1997 in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in 3:53.91 minutes. This ranks her sixth in the world of all time, behind Qu Yunxia, Jiang Bo, Lang Yinglai, Wang Junxia and Tatyana Kazankina.[1]

At the 1998 World Junior Championships she won both the 3000 and the 5000 metres.

Yin never had a distinguished career after this, rarely competing internationally. In 2001, she received a two-year suspension for doping.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    IAAF Top Lists - 1500 Metres women
  2. [2]
    "Chinese trio given doping bans". BBC. 24 July 2001. Retrieved 2007-09-09.


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