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At 3:00 a.m. on August 11, Beijing time, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games mass marathon officially started.Chinese athlete Huang Xuemei finished the race in 2 hours, 41 minutes and 3 seconds, ranking first among all female athletes.

It is reported that Huang Xuemei is from Xiamen, Fujian, graduated from Southeast University with a major in computer science, and is a financial practitioner.

She can be seen in many domestic mass long-distance running events and is also known as the "No. 1 Marathon Runner" by netizens.

China's Huang Xuemei ranked first among the women

It was reported that this was the first time in Olympic history that a mass marathon was set up. The track was exactly the same as the main race. A total of 40,048 mass athletes from around the world were selected to participate, including more than 120 Chinese runners.

Huang Xuemei finished the race in 2 hours, 41 minutes and 03 seconds, with the first half taking 1 hour, 19 minutes and 38 seconds and the second half taking 1 hour, 21 minutes and 25 seconds.She became the first female competitor to cross the finish line.

It is worth mentioning that Gu Ailing also participated in this race. This was her first full marathon and her final finishing time was 3 hours, 24 minutes and 36 seconds.

Huang Xuemei won multiple awards

Public information shows that Huang Xuemei was born in 1992 in Zhaotong, Yunnan. After graduating from university, she worked as a programmer in a bank in Xiamen.

In 2019, Huang Xuemei participated in the city games and signed up for the women's 1500m and 3000m events. She won the runner-up in the first 1500m race. In the subsequent 3000m race, Huang Xuemei led the way and finally won the championship.

2019 was a year of rapid progress for Huang Xuemei. At the beginning of the year, she ran the Xiamen Marathon in 3 hours and 11 minutes, which led to the 2019 Beijing Marathon. At that time, she set a goal of breaking 3 minutes, and not only did she achieve the goal, but she also improved her personal best by 21 minutes with a time of 2 hours and 50 minutes. At the end of the year, she broke through again in the Guangzhou Marathon, raising her best marathon time to 2 hours and 49 minutes.

On September 20, 2020, Huang Xuemei stood on the field again. This time she was still the fastest and the only female athlete who ran under 20 minutes. Her result was 18 minutes 37.70 seconds, a full 10 seconds improvement from the last time.

In 2021, Huang Xuemei broke through herself again and ran under 3 hours. She won the Xiamen Marathon Citizen Award Women's Championship with a time of 2 hours, 48 ​​minutes and 28 seconds, and won the title for three consecutive years, proving her strength.

In 2023, at the Beijing Marathon, known as the "National Marathon", Huang Xuemei ran an amazing time of 2:32:16, becoming the "number one" among amateur female athletes and meeting the standards of an international athlete.

Huang Xuemei is a programmer at a bank.

Huang Xuemei said, "I came from Zhaotong, Yunnan, and I didn't see a 400-meter track until I was a senior in high school. At that time, among the nine districts and counties in Zhaotong, only one was not a poverty-stricken county.We only knew how to get out of the mountains through studying. I had good grades and everyone thought I would get a doctorate, but I never thought about doing sports.

When I was studying at Southeast University, I was spotted by the coach of the school's orienteering team and used my spare time to practice long-distance running. After graduating from university, I came to Xiamen and a colleague at work asked me if I wanted to participate in the Xiamen Marathon. That's when I started my relationship with the Xiamen Marathon.

I was busy with work in the first two years and didn't run many marathons. Later, when I became more proficient in my work, I slowly picked up long-distance running. I tend to be low-key.My company knew I could run a marathon, but they didn’t know I was that good. After the Beijing Marathon, there was so much media coverage that I couldn’t hide it anymore.My company also set up a running club because of me, but I only do long-distance running after work.”

Screenshot of netizens' comments

When asked whether she would become a professional athlete, Huang Xuemei said that she was not suitable for the professional path because of her age. It is good to run casually like now, without pressure and without constraints. If I have to work overtime, I will run before work; if I don’t have to work overtime, I will run in the evening after get off work. I don’t like to make running a career. I prefer to use running to relieve the pressure at work after work. This way of running is more suitable for me.

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Source: Xiamen Daily, Xiamen Evening News, Southeast University, CCTV Sports, etc.