Chinese racewalker Liu sets new Asian record

BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion racewalker Liu Hong of China lowered her own women's 35km Asian record at the 62nd All Japan Race Walk in Wajima, Japan, according to the Chinese Athletics Association.

Liu, who turns 36 next month, clocked two hours, 38 minutes and 42 seconds to finish first and register a new Asian mark, breaking her previous record of 2:40:06 set at Dudinska in Dudince, Slovakia