賽前的大部分注意力都集中在葡萄牙的世界冠軍和世界紀(jì)錄保持者Ines Henriques以及中國的世界銀牌得主和亞洲紀(jì)錄保持者尹航身上。

但梁瑞今年早些時候以2:49:23的成績在黃山贏得一場35公里比賽并展示了她的潛力，該成績比尹快一分鐘。梁瑞也是本場比賽中最快的20公里PB中的一員，她的比賽成績是1:28:43，在去年的中國全運會上她在該項目排名第三。

在此之前她可能從未進行50公里測試，但梁瑞毫無疑問是太倉最有潛力的運動員之一。

這位23歲的年輕人是在六周前與同胞尹，李和周以及亨利克斯和澳大利亞的克萊爾塔利姆一起進行的早期熱身階段。當(dāng)男子比賽中的羅馬尼亞選手Marius Cocioran和厄瓜多爾選手達爾文萊昂從她們身旁走過的同時，領(lǐng)走的女子選手在49:04通過了10公里的路程。

在1:13:36行程達到15公里后，周再次被警告并掉隊，這時領(lǐng)走團隊減至五名女性。她們在1:38:12時通過了20公里，然后Tallent不得不暫停并休息，但是她在2點02分51秒即將到達半程的時候又重新加入了隊伍。

當(dāng)Henriques在行走大約29公里處摔倒時，第1次角逐即將揭曉，剩下四名女子領(lǐng)先：分別是梁，李，尹和Tallent。在進入賽程尾聲的時候，在接下來的幾圈里選手速度略有下降，并且打破世界紀(jì)錄的機會似乎正在變的渺茫。

在2:38的時候，Tallent試圖休息一下，但很快又被中國三人組合重新帶回。這時來自東道國運動員的速度激增，當(dāng)賽程達到40公里，時間為2:52:53的時候，她們比Tallent領(lǐng)先41秒，

梁決定這時休息一下。當(dāng)23:36進入倒數(shù)第二個五公里的賽段之后 – 這是迄今為止比賽中最快的環(huán)節(jié) – 梁瑞比李在比賽中拉開了近兩分鐘的領(lǐng)先優(yōu)勢，并找回自己的節(jié)奏，最終打破世界紀(jì)錄。

在家人朋友的歡呼聲中，毛毛雨并沒有壓抑住梁的熱情，因為她一直保持著自己的節(jié)奏直到最后，在4:04:36越過終點線，比Henriques在去年的國際田聯(lián)世界紀(jì)錄快了80秒。

“ 我選擇在開始時跟隨其她選手，以節(jié)省我的體力，然后等待正確的時刻擺脫我的對手，”梁說?！敖?jīng)過40公里后，我意識到我可以打破世界紀(jì)錄。那時候我覺得我還有精力儲備，可以進一步加速。“

自1985年以來，這是中國隊在世界徑走錦標(biāo)賽女子比賽中的第一場比賽。

Tallent也是她首次50公里比賽亮相，在大洋洲比賽時她以4:09:33的成績排名第三。厄瓜多爾的保拉·佩雷斯以4:12:56的成績在南美紀(jì)錄中排名第四。

隨著四名運動員入榜前七，中國輕松獲得了冠軍。厄瓜多爾選手奪得銀牌 – 這是她們在女子賽事中獲得的第一枚獎牌 – 而烏克蘭選手以一分之差淘汰西班牙隊奪得銅牌。

以下是英語原文

Despite having never raced beyond 35km before, China’s Liang Rui upstaged the world gold and silver medallists to win the women’s 50km race walk in a world record* of 4:04:36 at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang 2018.

Much of the pre-race focus had been on world champion and world record-holder Ines Henriques of Portugal and China’s world silver medallist and Asian record-holder Yin Hang.

But Liang had hinted at her potential earlier this year when winning a 35km race in Huangshan in 2:49:23, finishing almost a minute ahead of Yin. Liang also had one of the fastest 20km PBs of the field with her 1:28:43 clocking from 2016 and had finished third at that distance at the Chinese National Games last year.

She may have been untested at 50km before today, but Liang was without doubt one of the top prospects in Taicang.

The 23-year-old was part of a six-woman lead pack during the early stages along with compatriots Yin, Li Maocuo and Zhou Khang as well as Henriques and Australia’s Claire Tallent. With Romania’s Marius Cocioran and Ecuador’s Darwin Leon from the men’s race walking alongside them, the lead women passed 10 kilometres in 49:04.

Ines Henriques in the women’s 50km race walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang 2018 (Getty Images)Ines Henriques in the women’s 50km race walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang 2018 (Getty Images) ? Copyright

After reaching 15 kilometres in 1:13:36, Zhou received a second warning and dropped back, reducing the lead pack to five women. They passed 20 kilometres in 1:38:12, after which Tallent had to pause for a comfort break, but she rejoined the pack just after half way, which was reached in 2:02:51.

The first big drama of the race came when Henriques dropped out at about 29 kilometres, leaving four women in the lead pack: Liang, Li, Yin and Tallent. Having been inside world record schedule, the pace dropped slightly over the next few laps and the chances of a world record appeared to be slipping away.

With 2:38 on the clock, Tallent tried to make a break but was soon reeled back in by the Chinese trio. A surge of pace from the host nation’s athletes gave them a 41-second lead over Tallent by 40 kilometres, reached in 2:52:53.

Liang then decided to make a break. After covering the penultimate five-kilometre section in 23:36 – by far the quickest split of the race – she had opened up a lead of nearly two minutes over Li and was back on track to break the world record.

Liang Rui in the women’s 50km race walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang 2018 (Getty Images)Liang Rui in the women’s 50km race walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang 2018 (Getty Images) ? Copyright

Cheered on by the home crowd, the drizzle didn’t dampen Liang’s spirits as she maintained her tempo until the end, crossing the finish line in 4:04:36 to take 80 seconds off the world record set by Henriques at last year’s IAAF World Championships.

“I chose to follow the others at the start to save my energy and then waited for the right moment to break away,” said Liang. “It was after passing 40km that I realised I could break the world record. At that time I felt I still had energy in reserve and could speed up further.”

Li faded in the closing stages as Yin recovered from a slight stumble in the final 200 metres to take silver in 4:09:09, just 11 seconds shy of the PB she set when finishing second at the World Championships last year. It was China’s first 1-2 finish in a women’s event at the World Race Walking Team Championships since 1985.

Tallent, who was also making her 50km debut, came through for third place in an Oceanian record of 4:09:33. Ecuador’s Paola Perez finished fourth in a South American record of 4:12:56.

With four athletes finishing in the top seven, China comfortably won the team title. Ecuador picked up the silver medal – their first ever medal in a women’s event at these championships – while Ukraine edged out Spain by one point to take team bronze.

Jon Mulkeen for the IAAF

*Subject to the usual ratification procedures

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