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...
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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.
The East Asian Games officially opened on Saturday with a dazzling display of fireworks in Hong Kong, where a China squad packed with world-class talent is strongly fancied to sweep all before them. Only a year ahead of the Asian Games just over the border in southern China, the Chinese have sent a powerful team 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, which finish on... Read Full Story
The East Asian Games officially opened on Saturday with a dazzling display of fireworks in Hong Kong, where a China squad packed with world-class talent is strongly fancied to sweep all before them. Only a year ahead of the Asian Games just over the border in southern China, the Chinese have sent a powerful team 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, which finish on... Read Full Story
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... 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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... 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... Read Full Story
