Liang Rui ( zh, 梁瑞; born 18 June 1994) is a female Chinese

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athlete who competes in the 20 kilometres and

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. She was the

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holder for the 50 km walk event and was a gold medalist at the 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships. In 2019 her record was beaten by Hong Liu with a time of 3:59:15. In the same year, she finished outside the top ten in the IAAF Challenge races in

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and

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, and was seventh in a national 50 km meeting. Liang competed nationally as a youth and placed third at the Chinese Universities Championships over 5000 m and 10,000 m distances in 2014.Rui Liang
IAAF. Retrieved 30 June 2019. She had her breakthrough at senior level in 2016 with a victory over the 20 km walk at the

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, seeing off challenges from Kumiko Okada and Lee Jeong-eun. Her winning margin was over one minute and 1:28:43 hours was a lifetime best for the distance. She competed in Chinese races only in the 2017 season, with highlights including a fourth place finish at the

leg of the

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. She made her debut over 50 km at the 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships and it proved to be a highly successful move as she won the gold medal in a world record time of 4:04:36 hours, taking over one minute off the previous record set by

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. This made her the inaugural 50 km champion in the newly-recognised women's event, and she led the Chinese team of Yin Hang and Ma Faying to the first team championship also.Mulkeen, Jon (5 May 2018)
Liang breaks world 50km race walk record at IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang 2018
IAAF. Retrieved 2019-06-30. Later that year she won the 50 km title at the Chinese Autumn Race Walking Championships.

International competitions

National titles

;Chinese Autumn Race Walking Championships *50 km walk: 2018

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liang, Rui 1994 births Living people Athletes from Gansu Chinese female racewalkers World Athletics Championships athletes for China World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners World record setters in athletics (track and field)