Liu Xiang

Liu Xiang

Welcome to our wikizine about Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang is a Chinese world champion and record holder hurdler. Liu Xiang is China's first ever Track and Field Olympic gold meddler. Follow Li Xiang's quest for another gold medal at the 2008... [more]

Welcome to our wikizine about Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang is a Chinese world champion and record holder hurdler. Liu Xiang is China's first ever Track and Field Olympic gold meddler. Follow Li Xiang's quest for another gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing here at Zimbio.

 
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Liu Xiang madness has returned to China, with fans auctioning ripped-up pieces of the track star's clothes that he tossed into the crowd after winning his third national 110 metre hurdle title. Internet chatrooms in China have been abuzz over Liu's post-race stripteases at the National Games on Sunday in the eastern city of Jinan, according to press reports. The 2004 Athens Olympic champion was left wearing only his shorts after throwing his shirt into the crowd during a victory lap around the Olympic Sports Centre in Jinan, the Yangcheng Evening News reported. Liu again stripped after the gold medal ceremony, this time shedding ... Read Full Story
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Chinese track star Liu Xiang has arrived in the eastern city of Jinan to prepare for the 110-metre hurdles competition at the National Games this weekend -- the next step in his recovery from injury. "For this race, we have two conditions," Liu's coach Sun Haiping was quoted as saying by the Chengdu Business News on Friday. "The first is to ensure he runs injury free. We don't want anything unexpected to happen because he is trying to run too fast so safety first. The second condition is that he come in first in a time of about 13.30 seconds." Liu will run a ... Read Full Story
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China's star hurdler Liu Xiang is not expected to reach his peak for six more months despite a blistering performance in his first race since missing the Olympics, state press said Wednesday. On Sunday, Liu thrilled a home town crowd in Shanghai with a photo finish in the 110-metre hurdles, crossing the line neck-and-neck with world number two American Terrence Trammell in a wind-aided time of 13.15 seconds. Judges awarded Trammell first place at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. The time was tied for the eighth fastest in the world this year pending final approval by the IAAF, the world athletics governing body, but ... Read Full Story
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China's star hurdler Liu Xiang will join other top sporting personalities in Beijing on October 1 at a parade marking 60 years of communist rule, Chinese media said Monday. Liu -- who made a much-anticipated comeback earlier this month in Shanghai after his dramatic withdrawal from last year's Beijing Olympics due to injury -- will ride atop a colourful float on Thursday, the Beijing Morning Post said. Other Chinese sports stars, including basketball player Wang Zhizhi and former gymnastics champion Li Ning, will join Liu on the float, the report said. China has imposed a huge security clampdown in the capital ahead of Thursday's ... Read Full Story
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's highest profile athlete Liu Xiang could still make his return to competition at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in his home city later this month, organizers said Wednesday. The 26-year-old former 110 meters hurdles world and Olympic champion has not raced since hobbling out of his first heat at the Beijing Olympics last August but returned to training in spikes in July. "We are still waiting for his coach's decision," Xu Lin of Waggener Edstrom public relations said by telephone on Wednesday. "Even if he cannot run he will attend other promotional events and watch the competition." Triple Olympic and ... Read Full Story
GUANGZHOU, South China, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Athens Olympic champion Liu Xiang won the men's 110m hurdles comfortably on Thursday with 13.50 seconds, igniting the passion of home crowd. Liu led th...  
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clock 13.19, beating silver medallist Terada Asuka of Japan by only 0.1 second. Dedeh Erawati of Indonesia took the bronze in 13.32. Chinese teenager Zhou Haiyan clinched the gold medal in the women's 1500 meters final in 4:32.42, while her compatriot,  
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Athens Olympic champion Liu Xiang cruised into the men's 110m hurdles final at the 18th Asian athletics championships on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Liu, who won at the Chinese National Games in 13.34 ...  
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Guangzhou, China - The Asian Athletics Championships are coming to China for the first time since inception in 1973. Since joining the Asian family in 1979, China has steadily climbed up the standings, eventually displacing Japan as the leader. This ...  
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The Asian Games in Guangzhou kick off tomorrow and everyone's eyes are on China's perennial favorite hurdler Liu Xiang's 110m hurdle, where he's expected to sweep the gold. After his second-place (but really tied for first) performance at the Golden ...  
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...As Liu Xiang's Shanghai teammate, Zhang Chong, found out when he got a little too overexcited by a good finish at the National Games and tried to convey that with a little man-on-man touching. According to China Hush: On the night of the incident, at around 18:30, Zhang Chong ran in the National Games men’s 400-meter hurdles final and won fifth place with the time of 51’63”. For a young athlete debuting in national games for the first...  
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BEIJING - LIU Xiang madness has returned to China, with fans auctioning ripped-up pieces of the track star's clothes that he tossed into the crowd after winning his third national 110 metre hurdle title. Internet chatrooms in China have been abuzz over Liu's post-race stripteases at the National Games on Sunday in the eastern city of Jinan, according to press reports.  
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We reported on Liu Xiang's comeback at the Golden Grand Prix last weekend, but we were so distracted by his Christ-like stigmata pose that we didn't actually think to look on Chinese video streams to watch the magic moment happen. Thankfully, Youku Buzz is a lot better than us about that - they've found a newscast that shows Liu Xiang and Terrance Trammel racing head-to-head. If you didn't catch the glory during the weekend, open up a bag of...  
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Yesterday's action at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix was nearly record breaking. American sprinters Tyson Gay and Carmelita Jeter stole the show from hometown favorite Liu Xiang with the second fastest men's and women's 100m races in history. Liu still held his own and then some, tying times for first place with American rival Terrance Trammell, but only receiving credit for second place. Still, Liu's trainers were impressed with his...  
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BEIJING: Fresh from winning his third straight national 110m hurdles title, China’s Liu Xiang says he is hoping his injured foot is a thing of the past and that he is primed for a return to top form.  
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Liu Xiang Shown here on his way to his first olympic gold

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