Li Caixia () is a

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track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. Li was born 23 August 1987 in Xi'an. She began pole vaulting in 2005 and began to make progress in the senior ranks in 2009. She cleared a personal best mark of 4.40 metres at the

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and did the same feat again to win the

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at the 11th Chinese National Games behind

Wu Sha Wu Sha (; born 21 October 1985) is a Chinese pole vaulter. Her personal best jump is 4.40 metres, achieved in 2009 in Jinan Jinan (), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Tsinan, is the Capital (political ...

. She followed this up with an appearance at the

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the following month and she defeated Wu to win the

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. She made her global debut at the

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and set an indoor best of 4.20 m, which was not enough to make the final cut. She held off a challenge from Li Ling to take the pole vault title at the Chinese championships with a personal best of 4.45 m. As a result, she was selected to represent the Asia-Pacific team at the

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and achieved a new personal best clearance of 4.50 m to finish in fourth place. She secured the

at the

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and completed a Chinese 1–2 with Li.70,000 watch Liu Xiang fly to 13.09sec victory - Asian Games, Day 4

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(2010-11-25). Retrieved on 2010-12-10.

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