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Liu Xiang For other uses, see Liu Xiang (disambiguation). This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu. Gold medal 110 m. hurdles Xiang (Simplified Chinese: 刘翔, pinyin: Liú Xiáng) (born July 13, 1983 in Shanghai, China) is a hurdling athlete. In 2002, Liu launched his career in fine style by winning the first IAAF Grand Prix in Lausanne with a world youth and Asian record time of 13.12 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles. He has since made the finals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics (twice); two of the three cases has seen American hurdling great Allen Johnson take the major prize, but in the last in May at Osaka, Liu managed to beat Johnson with an Asian-record time of 13.06 seconds. Still young, Liu has improved steadily, and won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 110 meters hurdles event. In the final, he equaled the world record of 12.91 seconds held since 1993 by Colin Jackson of Wales. This is the first time an athlete of non-African descent has dipped under 13 seconds for the 110 meter hurdles. [edit] Major achievements 2001 World Student Games - Beijing, China. 110 m. hurdles gold medal East Asian Games - Osaka, Japan. 110 m. hurdles gold medal 2002 Asian Championships - Manila, Philippines. 110 m. hurdles gold medal Asian Games - Busan, South Korea 110 m. hurdles gold medal 2003 World Championships - Paris, France. 110 m. hurdles bronze medal World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England. 60 m. hurdles bronze medal 2004 World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary. 60 m. hurdles silver medal Olympic Games - Athens, Greece. 110 m. hurdles gold medal 2005 World Championships in Athletics 110 m. hurdles silver medal
小老虎山大王
Liu Xiang ,a Shanghai native, was born on July 13, 1983. His height is 188cm, weight 74kg. Singing and the computer are his hobbies. In March, 1999,he entered the Shanghai track and field team and one year later , he was admitted to the National Youth Team. Sun Haiping has been training him. In 2002, he won the gold medals in the men's 110m hurdles at the Asian Game and the Asian Championships. The next year ,he took third in the 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Champ[ionships in England. At the Athens Olympic Games on August 27, 2004,Liu won the men's 110m hurdles final in 12.91 seconds ,equaling the world record set and breaking the Olympic record.He is even the most capable hurdler in the world . He keeps the best record of 12.88 seconds until now . No one has the ability to break so far.As a young man, Liu is the best example of making every effort to develop his sport career and break so many records , though he has got many medals now.This spirit is worth to learned by all of us .
