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110 metre
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. Liu is an
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Gold medallist and
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. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China or any
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n country, in which the previous best was held by Olympic silver medallist C.K. Yang of the
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Liu is one of China's most commercially successful athletes and has emerged as a
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. He is the first Chinese athlete to achieve the "triple crown" of athletics: World Record Holder, World Champion and Olympic Champion. That he would win another gold in the 110 metre hurdles at the
Beijing OlympicsChina was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics. China ranks on average third in the tallies of medals at the last three Olympic Games. Chinese athletes have won 1,317 world championships and set 1,026 world records. China debuted at the Summer Games in 1984 and was appearing in its 7th...
was "China's great hope", but he had to withdraw from competition at the last moment after a false start due to injury.
Career
In May, he won at
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in
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, Japan with 13.42 seconds. In August, he won at World University Games in
BeijingBeijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China...
, China with 13.33 seconds.
In May 2004 at an IAAF race in
Osakais a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...
, Japan, Liu managed to beat Johnson with a personal best record time of 13.06 seconds. Liu had become his hero's equal just before the Athens Olympic Games.
2004 Olympics
Liu Xiang won the
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at the
2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in
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in the 110 metre hurdles event, equaling
Colin JacksonColin Ray Jackson
CBE is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete of Jamaican, Maroon, Taino, and Scottish ancestry, who now works as a sports commentator for athletics and television presenter predominantly for the BBC. Between 1993 and 2006 he held the world record in the 110...
's 1993 world record of 12.91 seconds. Liu became just the sixth man to post a time under 13 seconds for this event. The ecstatic Liu at once fulfilled the great promise he had shown in setting a world junior record two years earlier and raised the hopes of his compatriots for a repeat victory at the
2008 GamesThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 302 events in 28 sports, one...
in
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. Liu said that his performance, which brought China its first men's Olympic gold medal in track and field, "changes the opinion that Asian countries don't get good results in sprint races. I want to prove to all the world that Asians can run very fast." In his comments, Liu gave voice to his country's cultural stereotype, which judging from editorial comments in Chinese newspapers, he was not alone in believing. "I am a Chinese," he said, "and considering the physiology of the Chinese people, it is something unbelievable."
Liu, a 21-year-old student at
East China Normal UniversityEast China Normal University , was founded in October 1951 in western Shanghai, on the campus of Daxia University. It is the first Normal University of the People's Republic of China.-History:...
at the time of his Athens victory, became the object of a bidding war between commercial sponsors. The Chinese Track and Field Association restricted him to four such deals.
Liu finished the season with four of the year's ten fastest clockings. Reaching 17 finals in the 60 m indoor hurdles and the 110 metre hurdles, he lost just two, both to American
Allen JohnsonAllen Kenneth Johnson is a hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....
. Liu, at 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) and 85 kg (187 lb), was taller than most sprint hurdlers, and he has showed spectacular athleticism by constraining his naturally long stride to the three-step pattern necessary in order to avoid the alternation of lead legs in hurdling.
2005 and 2007 World Championships
In August 2005, Liu won a silver medal at the
IAAF World Championships in AthleticsThe World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations . Originally, it was organised every four years, but this changed in 1991, and it has since been organised biennially.-History:...
in
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, finishing 13.08 seconds, 0.01 seconds after champion
Ladji DoucouréLadji Doucouré is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling.-Career:...
from France. In November 2005, he won at
East Asian GamesThe East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by East Asian Games Association and held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries.-Teams:All EAGA's members able to take part in the Games, they are:...
in
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, China with 13.21 seconds.
Off track, in May, he was awarded the
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for
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for his breakthrough performance at the
2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in
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Liu set a new world record in the 110 metre hurdles, at the Super Grand Prix in
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on July 11, 2006, with a time of 12.88 seconds (+1.1 m/s tailwind). The record was ratified by the IAAF. In that same race, American
Dominique ArnoldDominique Arnold is an American hurdling athlete. He holds the third-fastest all-time performance in the 110 meter hurdles, with a time of 12.90 s . He also holds the American record in that event...
had also beaten the previous record with a time of 12.90 seconds.
In September, he won gold at
IAAF World Athletics FinalThe 4th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, Germany on September 9 and September 10, 2006.-Results:-External links:*...
in
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, Germany with 12.93 seconds.
On August 31, 2007 at the
World Athletics ChampionshipsThe 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...
in
Osakais a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...
, Japan, Liu won gold in the 110 metre hurdles with 12.95 seconds to become the World Champion for the first time.
On May 23, Liu participated in a test event at the
Beijing National StadiumBeijing National Stadium , also known as the National Stadium , or colloquially as the Bird's Nest , is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics....
. He pulled out of the
Reebok Grand PrixThe Reebok Grand Prix is an annual athletics meeting at the Icahn Stadium in New York City, New York, United States as part of the IAAF Grand Prix. It will be a part of the IAAF Diamond League starting in 2010.- Meeting world records :- External links :*...
in New York on May 31, citing hamstring problems. On June 8, he false-started at the
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at
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. Liu skipped the entire European circuit, preferring to train for the Olympics in China instead.
Beijing Olympics
Leading up to the
Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 302 events in 28 sports, one...
in
BeijingBeijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China...
, China, Liu bore national expectations of a repeat victory on home soil. China deemed another gold medal from Liu essential for a successful Olympics. On August 18, Liu
withdrew from the
Olympic 110 metre hurdlesThe Men's 110 metre hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–21 August at the Beijing National Stadium.The qualifying standards were 13.55 s and 13.72 s .-Records:...
. He walked off the track after a false start by another runner in his first-round heat, leaving the crowd at the Beijing National Stadium in stunned silence, confusion, and tears.
According to China's
track and field associationThe Chinese Athletic Association is the national athletics organization in PR China. Member of IAAF and Asian Athletics Association.HQ located at 2 Tiyuguan Road, Beijing; President: Shijie DUAN, General Secretary: Zhaocai DU...
, Liu suffered from a recurrence of chronic inflammation in his right
Achilles tendonThe Achilles tendon , also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendo calcaneus, is a tendon of the posterior leg. It serves to attach the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to the calcaneus bone.-Anatomy:The Achilles is the tendonous extension of three muscles in the lower leg: gastrocnemius,...
. Liu's coach, Sun Haiping addressed the media during a press conference and stated that the hurdler had been hampered by a tendon injury for six or seven years. He commented on the situation, saying "We worked hard every day, but the result was as you see and it is really hard to take" Sun, who was in tears for most of the press conference, stated that Liu would be unable to compete for the remainder of 2008. Liu made a public apology to the Chinese media the following day, saying he could "do nothing but pull out of the race" because of his foot injury. He believes that the injury would not prevent him from future competitions and vows to "come back" for the next Olympics.
Liu's injury was significant and also ruled him out of the following year's major competition, the
2009 World Championships in AthleticsThe 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
. However, coach Sun Haiping was confident that he would return in time for the Chinese national championships and 2009 Asian Championships in Athletics in November.
2009 comeback
After a 13-month absence because of his injury, Liu finally returned to competition at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. Liu recorded a time of 13.15, tied with Terrence Trammell, but finished slightly behind and was awarded second place. However, Liu said he was happy with his performance.
Personal life
Liu is known for his low-profile appearance, but he has become one of the most popular athletes in China.
Liu donated approximately 2,500,000 yuan (364,000 USD) to
2008 Sichuan EarthquakeThe 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly earthquake that measured at 8.0 M
sand 7.9 M
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relief efforts.
Although he is arguably one of the most popular sports stars in China, Liu admits that he has no time for a romantic relationship, citing that he wishes he had taken the chance to have a girlfriend before the Athens Olympics, which catapulted his rise to fame: "There is no girlfriend. No time."
Major achievements
| Year |
Tournament |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
Notes |
| 2001 |
East Asian Games The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by East Asian Games Association and held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries.-Teams:All EAGA's members able to take part in the Games, they are:...
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Osakais a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...
, Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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110 m hurdles |
1st |
13.42 seconds |
| 2001 |
World University Games |
Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China...
, ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
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110 m hurdles |
1st |
13.33 seconds |
| 2002 |
IAAF Super Grand Prix The Super Grand Prix is an annual series of athletics meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations .- Meetings :Current meetings for 2009- External links :*...
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LausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing Évian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located some northeast of Geneva. It is the capital of the canton of Vaud and of the district of...
, SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
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110 m hurdles |
2nd |
13.12 seconds, set world junior record and Asian record |
| 2002 |
Asian Championships in Athletics The 14th Asian Championships in Athletics were held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2002.- Men :- Women :-External links:*...
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ColomboColombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the capital city of Sri Lanka. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins and a city...
, Sri LankaSri Lanka , officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka , is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India...
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110 m hurdles |
1st |
13.56 seconds |
| 2002 |
Asian Games The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee...
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BusanBusan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world. Busan has a population of about 3.6 million. It is South Korea's second largest metropolis, after Seoul. The city is located on the Southeasternmost tip of the Korean...
, South KoreaSouth Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often simply referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul, the second largest...
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110 m hurdles |
1st |
13.27 seconds |
| 2003 |
IAAF World Indoor Championships |
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, UK |
60 m hurdles |
3rd |
7.52 seconds |
| 2003 |
IAAF World Championships The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August, 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Track:...
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ParisParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
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110 m hurdles |
3rd |
13.23 seconds |
| 2004 |
IAAF World Indoor Championships The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004....
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BudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe. In 2009, Budapest had 1,712,210 inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s...
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60 m hurdles |
2nd |
7.43 seconds |
| 2004 |
Summer Olympic Games |
AthensAthens , the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
, GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
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110 m hurdles |
1st |
12.91 seconds, tied world record |
| 2005 |
IAAF World Championships in Athletics |
HelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it the most populous municipality in Finland by a wide margin...
, FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic country and democracy situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland...
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110 m hurdles |
2nd |
13.08 seconds |
| 2006 |
IAAF Super Grand Prix The Super Grand Prix is an annual series of athletics meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations .- Meetings :Current meetings for 2009- External links :*...
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LausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing Évian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located some northeast of Geneva. It is the capital of the canton of Vaud and of the district of...
, SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
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110 m hurdles |
1st |
12.88 seconds, set world record |
| 2006 |
IAAF World Athletics Final The 4th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, Germany on September 9 and September 10, 2006.-Results:-External links:*...
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StuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
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110 m hurdles |
1st |
12.93 seconds |
| 2006 |
Asian Games The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee...
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DohaDoha is the capital city of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it has a population of 400,051 according to the 2005 census,, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
, QatarQatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally ', is an Arab emirate in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula...
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110 m hurdles |
1st |
13.15 seconds |
| 2007 |
IAAF Super Grand Prix The Super Grand Prix is an annual series of athletics meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations .- Meetings :Current meetings for 2009- External links :*...
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LausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing Évian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located some northeast of Geneva. It is the capital of the canton of Vaud and of the district of...
, SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
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110 m hurdles |
1st |
13.01 seconds |
| 2007 |
IAAF World Championships in Athletics |
Osakais a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...
, Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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110 m hurdles |
1st |
12.95 seconds |
| 2008 |
IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Luis Puig Palace in Valencia, Spain, March 7-9, 2008.-Bid:Valencia was announced the winning bidder by the IAAF on November 13, 2005 at an IAAF Council meeting in Moscow, Russia.-Men:...
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Valencia, SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. [The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
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60 m hurdles |
1st |
7.46 seconds |
Sponsorships
In Jan 2007, Liu was announced as global brand spokesperson for NutriliteNutrilite is a brand of mineral, vitamin, and dietary supplements created in 1934 by Dr. Carl F. Rehnborg. Nutrilite products are currently manufactured by Access Business Group, a subsidiary of Alticor whose products are sold via the Amway and Amway Global Corporations worldwide...
.
Liu's athletic gear is sponsored by NikeNike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
. He is also a spokesperson for Coca Cola and CadillacCadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors Company. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mainly in North America....
.
Liu Xiang was on TimeTime is an American newsmagazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong. As of 2009, Time no longer publishes a Canadian advertiser edition...
magazine Asian edition's cover of the 2008 Summer Olympic Game titled "Liu Xiang & 99 More Athletes to Watch."
See also
- China at the 2004 Summer Olympics
China competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.The team won 32 gold medals and 63 medals in total ....
- China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics. China ranks on average third in the tallies of medals at the last three Olympic Games. Chinese athletes have won 1,317 world championships and set 1,026 world records. China debuted at the Summer Games in 1984 and was appearing in its 7th...
- China at the World Championships in Athletics
The People's Republic of China first competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 1983, at the World Championships in Helsinki.-Medals by World Championships:-1983:*Zhu Jianhua - Bronze - Men's high jump-1987:...
External links
Liu Xiang's official website