Liu Xiang, I believe everyone knows, he is the promotion ambassador of the Athletics Federation World Athletics Championships, and also the first set of Olympic Games, indoor and outdoor world championships, IAAF Grand Prix finals champion in the history of Athletics in China's athletics, and the world record to hold a number of honors and outstanding athletes. He broke many world records, and at the same time, he was the only yellow race to win the 110m hurdles event, after a long period of sports events, as well as hard training, his body has been very seriously damaged, at the 2012 London Olympics, he failed to complete the race, regrettably withdrew. Just because of this game, he was also questioned by people, such as his hypocrisy and fake falls abound. Finally, due to various reasons, he announced his retirement on April 7, 2015. In recent years, the grievances he suffered at that time and misunderstood by people have finally been understood by people, and many professionals have stood up for Liu Xiang and helped him straighten out his name.
However, we also have to mention that among the many competitions he participated in, there were also some competitions with injustices and controversies, among which the 2011 World Championships, which people could not understand for a long time, was the 2011 World Championships. That was his best chance to prove himself again after the Beijing Olympics. Being injured before the London Olympics himself was an uncontrollable established circumstance and had little to do with the competition, but in the full competition he had participated in, 11 years of championship loss was undoubtedly very painful.
At the 2011 World Championships, the men's 110m hurdles final, just at the moment when Liu Xiang was about to win the championship, he was beaten by Cuban Roberts, and this behavior also caused a lot of impact on Liu Xiang, making him quickly lag back to the third place, and Robles also took the opportunity to surpass Liu Xiang and grab the first place. But unlike the blind referees at the Tokyo Olympics, the daegu world championship referees had a pair of fire eyes, and after this match, the IAAF resolutely cancelled Robles' championship results, but the champion also lost Liu Xiang. The final title was given to Richardson of the United States, who was second in line at the time. Originally, this championship had nothing to do with Richardson, but it was because of this accident that he unexpectedly won the championship. Richardson, who heard the news, also cried bitterly after the accident. Our national hero, Liu Xiang, only got the silver medal. It's a slippery slope.
After that, many people proposed that Liu Xiang must be given a gold medal for the championship, because Liu Xiang at that time could completely win the championship, he was in the first position, and it was Robles who influenced him to the third. If the IAAF bowl is flat, Liu Xiang should also be tied with Richardson as the champion. After the completion of the competition that year, China's athletics team appealed to the IAAF, but it had no effect, in addition to sentencing Robles to foul, the IAAF still did not modify the ranking, which also caused a lot of controversy at the time, and it was also very unfair to Liu Xiang, after the game, Liu Xiang said in an interview with reporters: "At the beginning, Robles only hit him, and then it was completely pulling him." Participating in such international competitions undoubtedly represents the country, and This act of Robles is undoubtedly smearing his own country, without any moral bottom line and the integrity of professional athletes.
After the game, Robles hugged Liu Xiang, and our national hero was also very personable, did not make a big fuss, and hugged him back with grace. Afterwards, Liu Xiang said very frankly: Although there are regrets, but I don't blame him, the game is like this, there may be unexpected things at any time, I work the line, the result has not mattered After this incident, Robles was also condemned by people, whether he was intentional or unintentional, which will surely become the biggest stain on his career.