Olympic 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang has begun is season as he means to continue it in Beijing, with a gold medal.
(Via Xinhua) Liu said: “I’ve always started my season strongly in Osaka so I hope this will be a good omen.” As Liu knows very well, the rest of China is hoping this is omen comes to fruition in Beijing in August.
[...] up from contributions from readers the list includes three Olympians (past & present). Liu Xiang and Yao Ming, readers should all be familiar with, but another name may be less recognisable [...]
I’m not Chinese but I was one of the billions who had been waiting for his 110 meter hurdle in this years Olympics. Seeing him not even able to start the race is too heart breaking.
I do believe he would not back out in front of billions of fans watching if the pain is not that excruciating.
I just hope he’s okay and will still have his chance for a glorious run once more in the future. I just hope that in that future, he won’t bee too harassed by the crowds’ too high expectations. Cheers to Liu Xiang!