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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China are expected to dominate the medals table at the East Asian Games, bringing a powerful squad to Hong Kong including star hurdler Liu Xiang, "diving queen" Guo Jingjing and badminton idol Lin Dan. As in the previous four editions of the East Asian Games, South Korea and Japan will slug it out for second behind the Chinese as the teams look for promising performances ahead of next year's Asian Games. The other teams taking part in the Hong Kong event, which features 22 sports, are the hosts themselves, Guam, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea and Taiwan, making a total of nine. Aquatics -- swimming ... Read Full Story
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China's former world record holder Liu Xiang has easily won his third Asian 110 metre hurdle championship, posting a time of 13.50 seconds in a driving rain in the southern city of Guangzhou. The 2004 Athens Olympic champion led from the start late Thursday to win his second competition since returning from surgery on an Achilles tendon injury that kept him out of the 2008 Beijing Games. "I had hoped to run faster, but due to today's weather, it was better to be steady," Liu told journalists in a post-race interview. "I think that I'm in pretty good condition. Today I came here with ... Read Full Story
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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
Athens Olympic champion Liu Xiang will lead a star-studded Chinese squad in the 5th East Asian Games in Hong Kong, an official said here on Tuesday. "China will send a 589-member delegation to en...  
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Liu Xiang unsuprisingly cruised to victory in the 100m hurdle at yesterday's at yesterday's Asian Athletic Championships. Despite the rain, Liu clocked in his win at 13.5 seconds, securing his position at next year's World Cup in Croatia. If he wins there, he'll have won the "grand slam" of sprinting, making him only the second sprinter to do so. Good job, Golden Boy!  
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China's former world record holder Liu Xiang has easily won his third Asian 110 metre hurdle championship, posting a time of 13.50 seconds in a driving rain in the southern city of Guangzhou.The 2004 Athens Olympic champion led from the start late Thursday to win his second competition since returning from surgery on an Achilles tendon injury that kept him out of the 2008 Beijing Games."I had hoped to run faster, but due to today's weather, it...  
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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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...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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Chinese star Liu Xiang powered his way to a third straight 110-metre hurdle national championship today, winning unchallenged in a time of 13.34 seconds. The 2004 Athens Olympic champion showed that his recovery from Achilles tendon surgery is on track, thrilling up to 60 000 fans at  the Olympic Sports Centre.  
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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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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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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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BEIJING - CHINA'S former world and Olympic champion high hurdler Liu Xiang continued his comeback from injury by winning his third continental title at the Asian athletics championships in Guangzhou.  
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Liu Xiang Shown here on his way to his first olympic gold

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