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Athlete Name: Liu Xiang

Olympic Event: Men’s 110m Hurdles (World Record: 12.87s Dayron Robles, Cuba)

Olympic team: China

Height/Weight: 6'2" / 163 lbs

Personal Best: 12.88s (2006 Lausanne IAAF Super Grand Prix)

2008 Beijing Olympics Expectation: Gold Medal

About Liu Xiang: Born in 1983, Shanghai, Xiang first began his career as a high jumper but soon turned to the 110m hurdles for which he began training in 1998. In 2002 he became the new junior world record holder for the 110m hurdles and the following year won bronze at the World Athletic Championships. He reached the final of the 110m hurdles in the 2004 Athens Olympics and won gold in a near perfect run which saw him finish 3 metres clear and equal of Colin Jackson’s previous record of 12.91 seconds. Outside of athletics Xiang is a renowned fan of karaoke.

(picture by Johnson Lau on commons.wikimedia.org)

Peak Performance Olympic Awards

Written by Sam Bordiss on Tue, 2008-08-26 15:38 in Basketball Boxing Cycling Distance Drug Testing Field Events Football Gymnastics Jeremy Wariner Liu Xiang Michael Phelps Middle Distance Paula Radcliffe Pollution Rowing Sport Injuries Sprinting Swimming Distance Swimming Sprints Tennis Tom Daley Training Usain Bolt Weightlifting Yelena Isinbayeva

The 2008 Beijing Olympics closed out in predictably beautiful style. It’ll be a long time before we forget some of the fantastic performances produced in Beijing.

Liu Xiang Suffers Achilles Injury

Written by Sam Bordiss on Mon, 2008-08-18 11:02 in Liu Xiang Sport Injuries Sprinting

There were 400m and 200m sprint heats this morning on the track. Jeremy Wariner cruised his 400m heat, Usain Bolt literally jogged his.

Liu Xiang - Men's 110m Hurdles

Written by matt.renton on Wed, 2008-07-30 13:16 in Liu Xiang Sprinting

Liu Xiang is the favourite to win gold in the 110m hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but will face stiff opposition from Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles. His popularity in China is partly due to the fact that his gold medal in Athens was the first Olympic gold medal ever won by a Chinese male in athletics. His top 3 finish also ended a twenty year baron spell of medals for the Chinese in track and field events.