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1531:Li Jianrou
1491:Jin Sun-yu
1483:Jin Sun-yu
1475:Jin Sun-yu
1364:Kim So-hee
1133:Lee Yu-bin
1129:Kim Ye-jin
1125:Kim A-lang
1098:Kim A-lang
1047:Sun Linlin
1020:Jin Sun-yu
950:Kim Yun-mi
946:An Sang-mi
911:Kim Yun-mi
907:Kim So-hee
609:References
1539:Wang Meng
1523:Cho Ha-ri
1507:Wang Meng
1499:Wang Meng
1451:Yang Yang
1443:Yang Yang
1435:Yang Yang
1427:Yang Yang
1419:Yang Yang
1411:Yang Yang
1094:Cho Ha-ri
1059:Zhou Yang
1055:Zhang Hui
1051:Wang Meng
736:Olympedia
492:Montreal
25:Women's
553:Records
506:at the
476:Overall
457:Overall
438:Overall
419:Overall
366:Overall
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277:Overall
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572:Awards
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259:3000m
242:1000m
225:1500m
44:Canada
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94:1000m
1150:2022
1111:2018
1072:2014
1037:2010
998:2006
963:2002
928:1998
893:1994
858:1992
811:1988
631:2014
1178:NED
1143:KOR
1104:KOR
1065:CHN
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991:KOR
956:KOR
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886:CAN
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