Best news Liu xiang quits 110M hurdles
By ocean001
@ocean001 (37)
China
August 18, 2008 2:08am CST
olympic champion liu xiang pulled out of the men's 110M hurdles first round monday morning at the Beijing olympices
Liu's coach sun haiping said in a post-race press conference,His right heel in jury has been a long problem since six year ago,even before the Athens olympices.
3 responses
@sanzi1201 (644)
• China
19 Aug 08
Best news?Why?Don't you think it is very pity for LiuXiang.As a athlete ,take part in Olympic Games is the best important for them,so ----.I hope he could resume as soon as quickly and could compete at England Olympic Games playground.God bless him.
@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
19 Aug 08
I believe he pulled out because of the rule for false starts. They are allowed one, but if another one happens, whomever it happens to is disqualified. Perhaps he quit knowing it would probably happen to him again because of his injury. I sort of felt sorry for him. I hate to see any athlete be forced to quit. I saw one disqualified in the swimming competitions for falling in the water before a swim. It happens to the best of them.
@Geoffreyyang (19)
• China
18 Aug 08
I got this news this morning.It's a big pity that we couldn't see him declare his talent on the race tracks.I believe Liu Xiang himself was really sad about it.Not everyone can take part in the Olympic Games.If Liu Xiang missed the opportunity to win honor for his country,he probably will fail to acquire such an opportunity.Yet who really cares about his feelings?What a pressure he's carrying!Millions of thousands of people's eyes are on him at the critical moment.His injury on the right heel was made during the race,just for the gold medal and the eternal honor.He shouldn't be accused of quitting the matches.We Chinese people love him as much as usual.He will always be our pride.
