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China competes at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...
from 15–23 August in
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
. Half of China's 32-strong team will be making their debuts. Liu Xiang is out with injury.


Medal winners

Wang Hao won the silver medal in the Men's 20 km race walk competition. Liu Hong won the bronze medal in the Women's 20 km race walk competition.
Gong Lijiao Gong Lijiao (; born 24 January 1989) is a Chinese Olympic shot putter. Career She finished seventh at the 2007 World Championships, her international debut. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she finished fifth but received the bronze medal late ...
won the bronze medal in the Women's shot put.
Bai Xue Xue Bai (; name means ''White Snow''; born 15 December 1988 in Heilongjiang) is a female PR China, Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres. Career Bai won both the 5000 and the 10,000 metres at the 2005 Asian Champions ...
won the gold medal in the Women's Marathon.


Team selection

;Track and road events ;Field and combined events


References


External links


Official 2009 competition websiteState Sport General Administration
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World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...
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