Lang Yinglai (born 22 August 1979) is a female Chinese former middle distance runner.
On 18 October 1997 at the 1997 National Games of China in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in 3:51.34 minutes, taking the silver medal behind Jiang Bo. This time ranks her as the fourth fastest in the world of all time, only behind Genzebe Dibaba, Qu Yunxia and Jiang.[1] This is also the world record for junior athletes.[2] Four days later she won the 800 metres title at the National Games in 1:57.62.[3] She took an 800 m and 1500 m double at the 1997 Asian Junior Athletics Championships.[4]
Lang never had a distinguished career after this, rarely competing internationally.
^IAAF Top Lists - 1500 Metres women
^World Junior Records and Best Performances - GBR Athletics
^Chinese Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
^Asian Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
LangYinglai (born 22 August 1979) is a female Chinese former middle distance runner. On 18 October 1997 at the 1997 National Games of China in Shanghai...
(1999) Women Sifan Hassan (NED) 3:51.95 (2019) World junior (U20) records Men Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) 3:28.81 (2014) Women LangYinglai (CHN) 3:51.34 (1997)...
times under 3:51. Less than a half second behind her, barely 18 year old LangYinglai set the still standing World Junior Record, breaking the previous record...
ranks her eighth in the world of all time, behind Qu Yunxia, Jiang Bo, LangYinglai, Wang Junxia, Tatyana Kazankina, Yin Lili and Paula Ivan. At the 1998...
ranks her sixth in the world of all time, behind Qu Yunxia, Jiang Bo, LangYinglai, Wang Junxia and Tatyana Kazankina. At the 1998 World Junior Championships...
China 13 June 2004 2004 Championships Ipoh, Malaysia 800 m 2:02.66 LangYinglai China 5 November 1997 1997 Championships Bangkok, Thailand 1500 m 4:11...
Sciences. He was one of the founders of catalytic kinetics in China. Wang Yinglai (王應睞/王应睐, 13 Nov 1907; Kinmen island) - Chinese biochemist recognized as...
at the time) against Wang's 3:51.92. Four years later, Bo Jiang and YinglaiLang ran slightly faster than Wang in the same race. Qu's record remained...
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