Wang Junxia’s 23-year-old mark in the 10,000m was set in an era clouded by suspicion, when Wang Junxia – once referred to as one of the “chemical sisters” – trained under Ma Junren, who was later fired from the Chinese Olympic team after six of his athletes failed drug tests.

Serena Fang, Taiwan 36 years old.

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Chinese athletics coach Ma Junren at a press conference in Beijing, 1993. Photograph: Manuel Ceneta/AFP/Getty Images

• Native name: 周惠林
• Nationality: Chinese
• Gender: Male
• Born: February 15, 1967
• Age: 53

Research Interests / Keywords

・Foreign Policy of Thailand
・Thailand’s democratisation and the middle class
・Myanmar’s Foregin Relations