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Discussion in 'BEIJING 2008 non-badminton events / discussion' started by madbad, Aug 1, 2008.

  1. robin7

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    Liu Xiang has pulled out from 110m hurdles competition.
     
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    Hamstring injury. Some other guy pulled out. Both of them were running in the same lane on different heats.
     
  3. madbad

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    Well, he never seemed comfortable with his injury. He missed the latter races leading up to the OG and never got off the blocks.
     
  4. george@chongwei

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    wow, he evntually pulled out!!
    wtf!!!
    so the cuba sprinter will have a big chance to win that gold then.
     
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    Yeah, the biggest upset for China as defending Olympic Champ withdrew from Men's 110m Hurdle event. Here's the article taken from official website of Beijing OG 2008 :

    The world gasps as Liu walks away from Men's 110m Hurdles
    Updated: 2008-08-18 13:36:50


    (BEIJING, August 18) -- In the biggest upset of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games for host country China, world and Olympic champion Liu Xiang stumbled at the start of his qualifying heat in round one of the Men's 110m Hurdles on Monday morning. He later withdrew entirely from the event.

    After Mohammed Issa Al-Thawadi of Qatar in lane three made a false start, Liu slipped off the blocks himself. When the athletes gathered at the start to get set a second time, Liu was conspicuously absent.

    "A 110m Hurdles race without Liu is such a pity," Al-Thawadi said after the race. "I really wanted to be just next to Liu's lane because he's such a big champion. It's a great pity I lost an occasion to race with him. I hope he will come back soon."

    At a press conference following the event, Liu's coach confirmed that the star's withdrawal was as a result of an injury to his right take-off foot, which has been affecting him for about six years. Liu reported on his own website Sunday that he was suffering from a sore Achilles tendon.

    Liu's showdown with Dayron Robles, the Cuban who took away his world record earlier this summer, was one of the most eagerly-anticipated events of the Games.

    During his warm-up, Liu grimaced as he attempted to stride over a set of two hurdles. He stepped onto the track with the other runners in his heat and warmed up in his start lane. In one practice run, he fell to his knees and held his leg.

    After the false start, he attempted a run several times, but eventually shook his head, removed his race numbers and began to repeatedly kick a wall.
    Liu took first place at the world championships in Osaka, Japan, last year with a time of 12.95 seconds, but has yet to break 13 seconds this year or even turn in a top 10 performance.

    Robles overtook Liu's world record in April 2008 when he ran 12.87 at the Ostrava Grand Prix in Czech Republic. The Cuban just missed out on a medal at the 2007 World Championships when he finished fourth. So far in 2008, he has run 13.01s at the Shanghai Grand Prix and 13.20s at the Berlin Golden League meet.

    Terrence Trammell of the United States was also disappointed after failing to finish his race due to an injury. He was looking to finally win a gold medal after earning four major silver medals in his career.

    The 29 year-old took silver at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games. He has twice finished second at the World Championships, in 2003 in Paris, and 2007 in Osaka when he ran 12.99, the first time he went under 13 seconds in a major final.

    In the same lane Liu was assigned to run in one heat later, Trammell fell dramatically after hurting his hamstring.
    "He's a veteran in hurdles for the United States, and we're going to have to pick it up and make sure we represent the US," said David Payne, after seeing his teammate fail to finish his race.

    David Oliver of the United States enters round two as the fastest qualifier, after running a time of 13.30 seconds, putting him ahead of Colombia's Paulo Villar in 13.87s and Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados, who ran 13.38s.

    Robles moves on after running a relaxed 13.39s to win the first heat.
    Round two will be held tomorrow night, August 19, at the National Stadium.
     
  6. george@chongwei

    george@chongwei Regular Member

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    the crowd in china will be very disappointed.
     
  7. george@chongwei

    george@chongwei Regular Member

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    really feel pity and sad for this guy:(
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    you can see he is struggling and suffering with the injuries.:(
     
  9. jamesd20

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    It ia slightly unjust to say he walked away from the race. He couldn't have raced anyway with that injury.

    You have to ask questions about the standard of medical attention he has had - Apparently his injury has been ongoing for 6-7 years. Unless it is incurable something could have been done by now surely.
     
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    I'm so sad for him, too........
     
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    Very very sad to hear.... Hopefully the media wont give him too much trouble because of this
     
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    thats not a good time to have that injury happenning again......ticket for that final is about US$ 300 to US$ 400......
     
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    im crying now.

    its very very sad for me too..
    he injured at this moment..
    but i knew that i cant be more sad than these peoples..:eek::(:(:(:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
    i felt very sad and pity on him too and for all his fans too..:eek:
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    eijing During The Olympic Games BEIJING - AUGUST 18: Chinese people buy an evening newspaper reporting on defending Olympic 110 metres hurdles champion Liu Xiang's withdrawal from his heat with a serious foot injury on day 10 of the Olympic Games on August 18, 2008 in Beijing, China. Liu is one of the most popular athletes of China. (Photo by Andrew Wong/Getty Images)
     
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    and this is liu xiang`s coach, SUN hai pang
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    Sun Haiping, coach of China's defending Olympic 110 metres hurdles champion Liu Xiang speaks at a press conference following Liu's retirement from his first round heat in the men's 110m hurdles at the 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 18, 2008. 'The problem today was a problem with the foot. He has had the problem for six or seven years. It was a problem before the Athens Games in 2004,' Sun told a packed news conference which was beamed lived on Chinese television. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Volunteers and spectators watch Chinese star athlete Liu Xiang's coach, Sun Haiping, giving a press conference after Liu Xiang retired from the 110m hurdles event in the qualification rounds following an injury on August 18, 2008 in Beijing, during the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. Liu pulled out of the Games in the heats due to a long-standing tendon injury in the right foot that has got steadily worse. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP/Getty Images)
     
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    So so so so sad...........:(
     
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    Question? if this injury has been 6 or 7 yrs..why Liu Xiang still could win few tournaments last time as well as last Olympics by breaking new records???
     
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    Everyones crying.... crying seems to be the in thing eh...

    Feel so sad for everyone...
     
  19. jamesd20

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    On a similar subject re: longstanding injuries. Peter Rasmussen if I remember had a foot problem for a long long time. He was eventually diagnosed with a very rare foot injury. I search but couldn't find it.
     

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