Zhang Lirong
Zhang Lirong (Chinese张 丽荣/张 丽荣, Pinyin Zhang Lirong, born March 3, 1973) is a former Chinese long-distance runner.
In 1992 she won over 3000m bronze medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships.
The following year, she finished fourth at the Chinese Championships in the marathon and won gold over 3,000 m at the East Asian Games. About the same distance she was at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart as part of a third-place podium pure Chinese: Gold went to Qu Yunxia, silver to Zhang Linli. At the Track Asia Championships, she won silver in the 10,000 m.
Shortly thereafter, she remained at the Chinese National Games both as a forerun Second as well as Final Fifth under the old world record by Tatjana Kasankina. At the IAAF World Cup Marathon in 1993, which took place as part of the San Sebastian Marathon, occupied again all Chinese women 's podium places: The winner Wang Junxia before Zhang and Zhang Lirong Linli.
1994 won Zhang Lirong at the Asian Games in Hiroshima silver in the marathon. At the end of the year fell apart, headed by the controversial coach Ma Junren training group, which included Zhang and other Chinese top runners. Ma was accused of having embezzled prize money and abused the athletes physically. These allegations were corroborated in a book by the journalist Zhao Yu 1997. In 2000, another shadow fell on the benefits of " mass army ", as he oversaw six athletes because of the use of erythropoietin (EPO) from the squad for the Olympic Games in Sydney were removed.