Liu Xiang has won the Olympic championship for 20 years! 9 years of retirement! Married for 8 years! He ran 12.91 meters, long time no see
Beijing time, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. There are several time nodes, digital nodes, which must be very critical and important for Liu Xiang, let's take stock first:
Liu Xiang was born in Shanghai on July 13, 1983.
On August 27, 2004, Liu Xiang won the championship in the men's 110-meter hurdles race at the Athens Olympics with a time of 12.91 seconds! Not only is the yellow race breaking into the final of this project for the first time, but also the myth created by the Chinese in this project! It hasn't been broken yet.
On July 12, 2006, Liu Xiang set a new world record with a time of 12.88 seconds in the IAAF competition.
On June 3, 2012, Liu Xiang ran his career best in the IAAF Eugene Station: 12.87 meters!
However, there is also a bleakness after the brilliance:
In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, on August 18, Liu Xiang withdrew.
At the 2012 London Olympics, on August 7, Liu Xiang fell down on the hurdle and missed the qualification.
On April 7, 2015, Liu Xiang announced his retirement! It has been 9 years since he was retired.
Liu Xiang's happy moment: In 2016, Liu Xiang and pole vaulter Wu Sha got married. It's been 8 years of happiness!
Liu Xiang, who was born in July 1983, is now 40 years old, but everyone recognizes him, and he is still that teenager when he is over forty! When he was at his most brilliant, it was a scene of thousands of empty alleys! Because he received too much attention, in the two Olympic Games after Athens 2004, the expectations of fans, supporters, and spectators for him reached a peak. However, Liu Xiang was defeated. This also made the enthusiasm of supporters instantly reach the freezing point, and they had a lot of doubts about Liu Xiang.
Now, women's hurdler Wu Yanni, who regards Liu Xiang as her idol, said bluntly: Everyone only remembers Liu Xiang falling, but forgets that he has won 40 championships. - Actually, everyone has never forgotten Liu Xiang's "good"! In those years, Liu Xiang brought us the stimulation of "electric light", the excitement of being the first to cross the line, the excitement of 9 miracles, and the cheers of China's sprinting taking a big step! It's just that the love is too deep, the expectations are too high, and the loss is too heavy! There will be people who are dissatisfied and unhappy, but more people are applauding Liu Xiang!
It's an Olympic year again. Fast forward to 20 years ago at Athens 2004 and now we are approaching Paris 2024. Chinese track and field has a new start: at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Su Bingtian reached the final in the men's 100m race with a time of 9.83 seconds, which is a good result comparable to Liu Xiang's glory. In that Olympic Games, in the men's 4X100m hurdles, the Chinese team also won the third place, and the bronze medal was reissued last year!
In the past few days, Liu Xiang has once again become a word of concern: his "long time no see" is also everyone's love for him, the carefree big boy back then, the one who just wants to practice hurdles well, the boy who broke through step by step under the leadership of his master Sun Haiping!
Who are the top world-class stars born in Chinese sports over the years? Basketball should be Yao Ming, track and field is Liu Xiang, tennis is Li Na, and volleyball is Zhu Ting. These stars, who have some influence in the world, are the pride of Chinese sports. They have all had highs and lows, they have received applause and they have been applauded! They have been through ups and downs, and they all have honors to be proud of on their chests.