Song Hongjuan from Nanjing city clocked one hour 29 minutes and 32 seconds to set a new Asian record in the women's 20,000m walk at the 5th Chinese City Games on Friday.

The previous mark of 1"Song Hongjuan, 19, outwalked her teammate Jiang Jin and Busan Asian Games bronze medalist Gao Kelian from Xi'an city for the title in the event.

Jiang Jin was timed at 1"Gu Junjie set a new Asian junior record in the men's triple jump at 16.92 meters, winning the gold with ease.

He Jun, from Chongqing, became the fastest runner in the games, winning the men's 100m sprint in 10.46 seconds while Zou Yingting, from host Changsha, won the women's 100m at 11.53 seconds.

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