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Wang Junxia (王军霞, born January 19 , 1973 in Jiaohe , Jilin Province ) was a Chinese famous long-distance runner. She was coached by Ma Junren until 1995 and by Mao Dezhen from 1995 to her retirement after 1996 Olympics . Her best years lay between 1992 and 1996. In 1992, she beat in another world record breaking race. Qu ran 3:50.46 (current world record) against Wang's 3:51.34 which still stands third in all-time list. In 3000m heats on Sep 12, Wang's teammates broke the 3000m world record in the first heat. This world record was just briefly held when it was erased by Wang in the second heat. The big moment came on the next day when she claimed the 3000m in another record time 8:06.11. She also won the World Cup Marathon Championships later in the year. In 1994, she was awarded the Jesse Owens prize on the remarkable performances in 1993. She was the first and only Chinese and Asian person who won the prize. Although she won the , her world-record breaking form was obviously gone. In 1995, Wang and her teammates broke up with their coach Ma. After a short period of training on their own without a major success, Wang started to train under coach Mao Dezhen to prepare for the 1996 Olympics . In Nanjing, she announced a comeback in the Olympics Trials where she ran quality times in both 5000m and 10,000m. At the 1996 Summer Olympics , Wang won the new Olympic event, women's 5000m (14:59.88) and a silver in the 10,000m (31:02.58) just a second behind Portuguese Fernando Ribeiro. She retired after the Olympics and married to Zhan Yu. SEE ALSO
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