Liu Shixiang (born 13 January 1971 in

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province) is a retired

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long-distance runner who specialized in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

. Her personal best time was 14:32.33 minutes, achieved in October 1997 in

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. She also had 8:55.89 minutes in the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

and 30:55.83 minutes in the

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

. She was absent from a mandatory drug test in 2001 and received a two-year ban.IAAF News n.48, April 2001, p.11: Positive cases in athletics, sanctioned definitively, According to information received by the IAAF as at 13 April 2001

International competitions

References

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