Pei Jiayun joins the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch run when it arrives Hubei Province. Photo: Hangout Pei Jiayun joins the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch run when it arrives Hubei Province. Photo: Hangout
Pei Jiayun joins the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch run when it arrives Hubei Province. Photo: Hangout

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Former Chinese rowing world champion Pei Jiayun loses her husband to coronavirus

  • Pei, the 1993 world champion, spends 14 days in quarantine in Wuhan
  • Olympian’s son and mother-in-law also diagnosed with the disease but are recovering

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Chan Kin-wa
Chan Kin-wa

Updated: 9:31am, 20 Feb, 2020

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Pei Jiayun joins the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch run when it arrives Hubei Province. Photo: Hangout Pei Jiayun joins the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch run when it arrives Hubei Province. Photo: Hangout
Pei Jiayun joins the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch run when it arrives Hubei Province. Photo: Hangout
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