Despite a setback-plagued career hampered by injury, former Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang remains a groundbreaking figure for Chinese sports.
As painful an Olympic career as he has had, Liu Xiang showed the world that one can become an Olympic hero without winning a medal. Beijing News has pooled the opinions of some Chinese athletes.
Liu Xiang fell at the first hurdle in the 110m hurdles heat on Tuesday, missing the chance to reclaim his gold glory and probably ending his Olympic career. 
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Liu Xiang may have been China's most watched athlete at 5:45 pm, but fans should not fear as Day 11 offers many other opportunities to stay ahead in the medal league table.
China's star hurdler Liu Xiang's back injury which forced him out of the London Diamond League finals is "not serious".
Liu Xiang took the opening win in his outdoor season, storming to top podium in the men's 110-meter hurdles event at the IAAF Golden Grand Prix in Kawasaki.
With the London Olympics drawing near, 13 Chinese Olympic champions are among those chosen to represent station names on a souvenir map of the underground.
A giant doll featuring famous Chinese athlete Liu Xiang, the men's 110m hurdles champion at the Athens Olympic Games and runner-up of the 2011World Championships, appears with other Spring Festival decorations at Raffles Plaza.
Three years after his sudden withdrawal from the Beijing Olympic Games, China's star hurdler Liu Xiang regained honor after dramatically taking silver at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu on Monday night.
Dayron Robles was disqualified from the 110 metres hurdles final at the world championships and stripped of his gold medal on Monday.
Cuba's Dayron Robles retained his World Championship crown here on Monday by finishing the 110 meters hurdles in 13.14 seconds.
"The London Olympics in 2012 will surely be the last Olympic Games in my sports career," said Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang at a press conference after he ignited the Shenzhen Universiade cauldron on Friday.
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