Liu Xiang stormed in 12.87 seconds of the 110 meters hurdles at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on June 2, 2012 when a wind gust denied him a share of the world record. Liu enrolled in a junior sports school in fourth grade and initially succeeded at the high jump. As a world record holder, a world champion, and an Olympic medal winner, Liu Xiang is one of China’s highest-profile athletes. In August 2001, he won at the Universiade in Beijing, China with a time of 13.33 seconds. Liu Xiang then went home to China to take part in the national championships in August, and only returned to Europe for the World Athletics Final, where he ran a scorching 12.93 on the track where Colin Jackson had set the World record which Liu Xiang first equalled then claimed for himself alone. Liu Xiang's Olympic misery continues as the Chinese athlete crashes at the first barrier in the 110m hurdles heats. [1]A medalha de ouro obtida nos Jogos Olímpicos de Atenas, em 2004, em que igualou o recorde mundial vigente, foi a primeira obtida pela China num evento de atletismo. Liu Xiang, hurdler who in 2004 brought China its first Olympic gold medal in a men’s track-and-field event. Liu Xiang crashes out of London 2012 after falling at the first hurdle of 110m hurdles heat Xiang hopped in agony down the length of the track on his left leg. Posted on August 07, 2012, 12:30 GMT Jack Moore Liu Xiang crashes out of London 2012 after falling at the first hurdle of 110m hurdles heat Xiang hopped in agony down the length of the track on his left leg. Career. He switched to the hurdles at age 15 and debuted internationally at the world junior LONDON — Liu Xiang hopped along the outside of the backstretch on his left leg, his injured right leg tucked behind him, then made his way over to the 10th and final hurdle to give it a kiss. Chinese star Liu Xiang stepped up his Olympic preparations by winning the 110-meter hurdles in rain and wind Sunday at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix meet.

Warning: preg_replace(): The /e modifier is deprecated, use preg_replace_callback instead in ..../includes/class_bbcode.php on line 2958 Track Liu Xiang's London 2012 progress. He switched to the hurdles at age 15 and debuted internationally at the world junior Liu Xiang sits on the track after suffering an injury in his men's 110m hurdles round 1 heat during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 7, 2012. Liu Xiang, hurdler who in 2004 brought China its first Olympic gold medal in a men’s track-and-field event. Liu also pulled out of 2008 Beijing Games BRUSSELS (AP) — Former Olympic hurdles champion Liu Xiang will miss the 2013 season because of his slow recovery from an Achilles injury. Now, at the age of 29, the Shanghai-born superstar is about to experience high pressure again as he sets foot in Stratford's Olympic Park.