Chinese women’s distance running squad
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The Chinese women’s distance running squad was a dominant group of long-distance runners in the early 1990s, renowned for their world-record-breaking performances and controversial training methods under coach Ma Junren.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
athletics team
ⓘ
women’s long-distance running team ⓘ |
| activePeriod | early 1990s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ma’s Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Chinese national athletics team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coach | Ma Junren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competition |
Chinese National Games
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olympic Games NERFINISHED ⓘ World Championships in Athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy |
allegations of abusive coaching practices
ⓘ
suspicions of doping ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| discipline | long-distance running ⓘ |
| dominantRegion | Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1990s athletics ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| governingBody | Chinese Athletics Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impactOnRecords | dramatic lowering of women’s distance world records in early 1990s ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Chinese distance running ⓘ |
| legacyDescribedAs | both highly successful and highly controversial ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive international attention in the 1990s ⓘ |
| member |
Dong Yanmei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lan Lixin NERFINISHED ⓘ Liu Dong NERFINISHED ⓘ Qu Yunxia NERFINISHED ⓘ Wang Junxia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhang Linli NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhong Huandi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial training methods
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dominance in women’s distance running in the early 1990s ⓘ world-record-breaking performances ⓘ |
| peakPerformanceEvent | 1993 Chinese National Games in Beijing ⓘ |
| peakPerformanceYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| setWorldRecordsIn |
women’s 10,000 metres
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women’s 1500 metres ⓘ women’s 3000 metres ⓘ |
| specializedEvent |
10,000 metres
ⓘ
3000 metres ⓘ 5000 metres ⓘ marathon ⓘ |
| sport | athletics ⓘ |
| trainingBase | Liaoning Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trainingEnvironment | rural training camps ⓘ |
| trainingMethodsDescribedAs |
altitude training
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extremely high mileage ⓘ intense interval training ⓘ military-style discipline ⓘ |
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