Chinese men's and women's 4X200m relay team also set area records at the World Athletics Relays in Yokohama, Japan.

Moreover, there have been five Chinese national records and 11 national U20 and youth records that fell in the past twelve months.

Apart from the breakthroughs in the national-team level, the boom in grassroots road running continued in 2019 as more than 1900 races have been hosted or co-hosted by the CAA in 2019, featuring a total participation of more than eight million.

Of all the races, 24 races managed to earn a World Athletics label road race status in 2019, which is the biggest share for a single country or region on the World Athletics calendar.

The Chinese athletics also gained success beyond competition.

Wang Nan, vice president of the CAA, became the first Asian woman to be elected council member of the World Athletics in Doha, while Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian has been appointed to the Athletes Commission of world governing body of the sport.

"The role you have played for so many years in helping us globalize athletics has been absolutely central to the development of our sport," said Sebastian Coe, president of the World Athletics, as his video of greetings were displayed during the two-day meeting.

"Thank you for everything that you have done for so many years. And as president of World Athletics, I look forward to working particularly closely with you for many years to come," he said. Enditem

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