Remember when Liu Xiang last won a medal at the World Series? At the 2012 Indoor World Championships, Liu Xiang finished second in the final of the 60m hurdles in 7.49 seconds. The protagonist of this article, Martino Lagarde, finished third in 7.53 seconds when he was only 21 years old and had just entered the senior division.
Lagarde entered the world's top ranks in 2014, running 11.95 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles, 7.45 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles, and I have also won the World Youth Championships, European Championships and Indoor European Championships, but when it comes to world championships, whether it is the Olympic Games, the World Championships, or the indoor World Championships with a poor grade, Lagarde, who is over 30 years old, has always been on the same side.
The official IAAF website recently interviewed Lagarde. He personally felt the worst about being fourth at the '15 World Championships and fourth at the back-to-back Olympics in '16. Lagarde said: "I might as well run the last place." The fourth place, just one step away from the podium position, did not sleep well for several days, and it was too difficult to digest this result. ”
Lagarde started well at the beginning of the year, winning two consecutive indoor 60-meter hurdles. Lagarde's time of 7.45 seconds in the 60m hurdles is also a French national record, and he broke the record of Being an idol of the previous generation and also Liu Xiang's contemporary Rival Dukure.
"I just broke his national record. My real goal is to have a world championship gold medal like him. I don't have an Olympic gold medal, I don't have a world championship gold medal, and that's what I'm working for. ”
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