Former ‘fastest nurse’ wins first marathon as professional, earning 40,000 yuan

Former ‘fastest nurse’ wins first marathon as professional, earning 40,000 yuan

Former nurse Zhang Shuihua secured her first title as a full-time marathon runner – and in a record time – at the 2026 Lishui Marathon, three months after announcing her resignation from her “iron rice bowl” position. Once known as China’s “fastest female nurse”, Zhang sparked widespread debate last year after winning the Harbin Marathon as an amateur, after which she tearfully pleaded for her “leaders to support her time-off requests to run mar…