Chinese 3-time world championships medalist Liu Hong (Photo/Beijing Times)
Three-time world championships medalist Liu Hong of China broke the women's 20-kilometer race-walking world record at the Spanish leg of the 2015 IAAF Race Walking Challenge in La Coruna, Spain, on Saturday.
The 28-year-old finished in 1 hour, 24 minutes, 38 seconds--beating the record of 1:25:02 set by Russia's Yelena Lashmanova at the 2012 London Olympics.
