China's Liu Hong (18) and Lu Xiuzhi (19) compete in the women's 20km race walk at the IAAF athletics world championships in Beijing, Aug 28, 2015. （Photo by Sun Xiaochen/chinadaily.com.cn）
Liu Hong secures China's first gold medal at the Beijing athletics world championships after winning the women's 20km race walk on Friday morning.
Liu held a lead during the whole course and finished the race with 1:27:45 hours. She was followed by another Chinese Lu Xiuzhi who won the silver medal.
As the world record holder in the Olympic 20km distance with a time of 1:24:38 hours, Liu won medals at the World Championships in 2009, 2011 and 2013.
