Liu Jing (born 3 February 1971) is a retired

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middle distance runner who specialized in the

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and

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. In the 800 metres she won the silver medal at the 1998 Asian Championships.Asian Championships
- GBR Athletics In the 1500 metres event she won the gold medal at the 1998 Asian Championships. She was qualified for the

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, but did not actually compete. Her personal best 800 m time was 1.58.55 minutes, achieved in October 1997 in

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. Her personal best 1500 m time was 3:57.03 minutes, achieved in the same time and place. In September 1998, Liu was found guilty of doping during the National Championships in

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. She was stripped of the silver medal she had won.http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atw.php?ID=11928&Season=1998&Odd=1

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* 1971 births Doping cases in athletics Chinese sportspeople in doping cases Living people Chinese female middle-distance runners 20th-century Chinese women {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub