Let's take a look at the fastest times of all-time for European and Chinese female runners at 5000m:
1) Liliya Shobukhova (It turns out that the Russian doper banned for ABP anti-doping rule violation from the use of EPO is also the European record holder for 5000m...ha ha ha)
14:23.75 Liliya Shobukhova RUS 13.11.77 Kazan 19.07.2008
2) Elvan Abeylegesse (Ethiopian doper running for Turkey) - It turns out that the #2 European female at 5000m has been BANNED FOR DOPING with the anabolic steroid stanozolol (Winstrol®).
14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 11.09.82 Bergen 11.06.2004
3) Jiang Bo (China 1997)
14:28.09 Jiang Bo CHN 13.03.77 Shanghai 23.10.1997
4) Ms. Paula Radcliffe (multiple suspicious blood tests, 21.88% increase in Hb in only 2 days from an autologous blood transfusion in 2003, 16.2 g/dL hemoglobin level in OOC test in Monte Carlo Monaco on Feb. 7 2012.)
14:29.11 Paula Radcliffe GBR 17.12.73 Bydgoszcz 20.06.2004
5) Olga Yegorova (Russian BANNED FOR DOPING)
14:29.32 Olga Yegorova RUS 28.03.72 Berlin 31.08.2001
6) Dong Yanmei (China 1997)
14:29.82 Dong Yanmei CHN 16.02.77 Shanghai 23.10.1997
7) 14:31.27 Dong Yanmei CHN 16.02.77 1h1 Shanghai 21.10.1997
8) 14:31.30 Jiang Bo CHN 13.03.77 2h1 Shanghai 21.10.1997
9) 14:31.42 Paula Radcliffe (see above) GBR 17.12.73 Manchester 28.07.2002
10) 14:31.48 Gabriela Szabo ROU 14.11.75 Berlin 01.09.1998
11) 14:31.52 Elvan Abeylegesse (BANNED FOR DOPING) TUR 11.09.82 Saint-Denis 16.07.2010
12) 14:32.08 Zahra Ouaziz MAR 20.12.69 Berlin 01.09.1998
13) 14:32.33 Liu Shixiang CHN 13.01.71 Shanghai 21.10.1997
14) 14:32.44 Paula Radcliffe GBR 17.12.73 Berlin 31.08.2001
15) 14:33.13 Gulnara Galkina RUS 09.07.78 2 Kazan 19.07.2008
16) 14:34.29 Gabriela Szabo ROU 14.11.75 2 London 23.08.2002
17) 14:36.45 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 23.06.69 1 Hechtel 22.07.1995
18) 14:36.52 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (BANNED FOR DOPING) MAR 08.04.84 1 Roma 13.07.2007
19) 14:36.82 Yasemin Can TUR 11.12.96 4 Roma 08.06.2017
20) 14:37.07 Jessica Augusto (on leaked atypical ABP blood test list) POR 08.11.81 5 Saint-Denis 16.07.2010
21) 14:37.33 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 21.03.56 1 Stockholm 05.08.1986
22) 14:37.61 Yasemin Can TUR 11.12.96 6 Roma 02.06.2016
23) 14:38.09 Mariya Konovalova (BANNED FOR DOPING) RUS 14.08.74 3 Kazan 19.07.2008
24) 14:38.14 Liu Shixiang CHN 13.01.71 3 Shanghai 23.10.1997
25) 14:39.22 Tatyana Tomashova (BANNED FOR DOPING) RUS 01.07.75 4 Berlin 31.08.2001
26) 14:39.61 Elvan Abeylegesse (BANNED FOR DOPING) TUR 11.09.82 5 Bruxelles 27.08.2010
27) 14:40.19 Zahra Ouaziz MAR 20.12.69 1 Stockholm 05.08.1998
28) 14:40.41 Sun Yingjie (BANNED FOR DOPING) CHN 03.10.77 1 Busan 12.10.2002
29) 14:40.47 Yelena Zadorozhnaya RUS 03.12.77 1 Bremen 24.06.2001
30) 14:40.59 Gabriela Szabo ROU 14.11.75 1 Berlin 07.09.1999
31) 14:40.61 Gabriela Szabo ROU 14.11.75 2 Berlin 01.09.2000
32) 14:40.71 Joanne Pavey (REAL British 5000m record holder) GBR 20.09.73 7 Roma 08.07.2005
