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Miao Yao

Runner

Miao Yao is a Chinese trail runner with results across UTMB’s mountain races. Her official runner record lists back-to-back women’s OCC victories in 2024 and 2025.

OCC history
Women’s winner in 2024 and 2025Dated historical results; exact-name Miao Yao recordSource

13 TUM reports · Published coverage below

Publication history

Coverage over time

11 editorial issues

Distinct issues per publication month. Each issue counts once.

Miao Yao — monthly TUM coverageFrom Jul 2024 through Nov 2026. Highest month: 3 issues. Exact counts are provided in the accessible chart description.Jul 2024: 0 editorial issuesAug 2024: 0 editorial issuesSep 2024: 1 editorial issueOct 2024: 0 editorial issuesNov 2024: 0 editorial issuesDec 2024: 0 editorial issuesJan 2025: 0 editorial issuesFeb 2025: 0 editorial issuesMar 2025: 0 editorial issuesApr 2025: 0 editorial issuesMay 2025: 0 editorial issuesJun 2025: 0 editorial issuesJul 2025: 1 editorial issueAug 2025: 0 editorial issuesSep 2025: 1 editorial issueOct 2025: 0 editorial issuesNov 2025: 0 editorial issuesDec 2025: 0 editorial issuesJan 2026: 0 editorial issuesFeb 2026: 0 editorial issuesMar 2026: 0 editorial issuesApr 2026: 0 editorial issuesMay 2026: 3 editorial issuesJun 2026: 1 editorial issueJul 2026: 1 editorial issueAug 2026: 2 editorial issuesSep 2026: 0 editorial issuesOct 2026: 1 editorial issueNov 2026: 0 editorial issues
Jul 2024Peak 3Nov 2026

Monthly editorial issue counts: Jul 2024: 0; Aug 2024: 0; Sep 2024: 1; Oct 2024: 0; Nov 2024: 0; Dec 2024: 0; Jan 2025: 0; Feb 2025: 0; Mar 2025: 0; Apr 2025: 0; May 2025: 0; Jun 2025: 0; Jul 2025: 1; Aug 2025: 0; Sep 2025: 1; Oct 2025: 0; Nov 2025: 0; Dec 2025: 0; Jan 2026: 0; Feb 2026: 0; Mar 2026: 0; Apr 2026: 0; May 2026: 3; Jun 2026: 1; Jul 2026: 1; Aug 2026: 2; Sep 2026: 0; Oct 2026: 1; Nov 2026: 0.

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In The Ultra Minute

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Published in TUM

Yao and Arsénio accept 2027 Western States tickets

Accepted her CCC-earned Golden Ticket for the 2027 Western States 100; no actual start or finish was reported.

Event date: 2027 · TUM publication: October 26, 2026

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Kaspersen’s CCC comeback

TUM reported Kaspersen’s second CCC win ahead of McCann and Yao after coming from outside the top ten around halfway.

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A train crossing during CCC

TUM described a roughly two-minute barrier wait for McCann before Yao caught her, ahead of Kaspersen’s later pass.

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CCC podiums and Golden Tickets

TUM reported the six podium finishers’ right to claim 2027 Western States places. The tracker had no acceptance decisions at publication.

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CCC’s Golden Ticket preview

TUM linked the qualifying places and Tryon’s field analysis. Predictions and eligible places do not establish later results or starts.

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Val d’Aran live reporting across distances

Leading the CDH women’s live feed at the July 3 report; this is an earlier snapshot, not the later final result.

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Tudor’s named athlete announcement

Miao Yao: Named in Tudor’s athlete announcement.

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The UTA50 women’s podium

TUM reported Yao’s UTA50 win with a rounded 4:33 time.

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UTA50 women and a Ranson interview

TUM reported Yao’s UTA50 women’s win in 4:33:12.

Published in TUM

A preview of Ultra-Trail Australia

TUM named Yao in the pre-race women’s UTA50 preview.

Earlier coverage (3)
Published in TUM

The separate 2025 OCC results

TUM reported second woman at OCC 2025 in 5:35:13.

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Weather-altered Val d’Aran results

TUM reported the 2025 Val d’Aran PDA 50 K women’s win in 5:31; the source gives hours and minutes on weather-altered courses.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: July 11, 2025

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Hemming and Yao win the 2024 OCC

TUM reports the women’s 2024 OCC win and describes it as the first by a Chinese runner; no finish time is supplied.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: September 3, 2024

Separate race results and live observations

CCC is a completed later result; July’s CDH status remains dated.

Reported 2026-10-26

Yao and Arsénio accept 2027 Western States tickets

Accepted her CCC-earned Golden Ticket for the 2027 Western States 100; no actual start or finish was reported.

TUM · Oct 26, 2026

Reported 2026-06-10

Earlier watch-brand announcement

Named in Tudor’s June athlete announcement. Her later CCC third woman in 12:15:41 remains separate from this dated brand coverage.

TUM · Jun 10, 2026

Connections

Named in 2026 result coverage

CCC

TUM reported Kaspersen’s second CCC win ahead of McCann and Yao after coming from outside the top ten around halfway.

Source

Leading CDH women in the July 3 live feed

Val d’Aran

Gemma Arenas won TDL in 10:28:43; Del Pero and Alonso won PDA55K. CDH110K had its first men’s finishers while Miao led the women’s live feed, and VDA163K was under way. Distances, categories and live/final states stay separate.

Source

Named in Tudor’s athlete announcement

Tudor

Tudor announced Courtney Dauwalter, Miao Yao, Rémi Bonnet and Baptiste Chassagne as part of its athlete family. This June item names four athletes; the June 12 most-viewed module later repeated the story without naming them anew.

Source

Accepted her CCC-earned Golden Ticket for the 2027 Western States 100; no actual start or finish was reported.

Western States 100

Accepted her CCC-earned Golden Ticket for the 2027 Western States 100; no actual start or finish was reported.

Source
Sources & notes

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Public background sources checked October 20, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.

  • UTMB Undated official runner record with dated 2024–2026 results · Checked Oct 20, 2026

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Public background & sources Checked October 20, 2026

Career context from one original public source. TUM’s dated reporting appears below.

    This is a limited career snapshot, checked October 20, 2026. Source publication dates and event dates are shown separately.

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