Despite a setback-plagued career hampered by injury, former Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang remains a groundbreaking figure for Chinese sports.
Hurdler Liu Xiang is unlikely to participate in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, because of an injury, Liu's coach said.
Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang is about to finish his rehabilitation and will start athletic training with intensity, said his longtime coach Sun Haiping.
The 2nd Session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.
Retired Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming, top, also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, arrived for the opening of the 2nd Session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2014.
Liu Xiang and Yao Ming in spotlight as delegates
Shi Dongpeng, a renowned Chinese hurdler, marries long-time lover Qiao Yanrui, a high jumper, in Baoding, North China’s Hebei province, Nov 2.
China's Jiang Fan clocked 13.61 seconds to win the men's 110m hurdles title an the Asian athletics championships here on Friday evening.
Although still receiving rehabilitation treatment in the Unites States, Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang already can not wait to return to competition.
Star hurdler Liu Xiang, who has been undergoing treatment for injury in the United States, is expected to return home in August.
Liu Xiang's absence from the international arena has not slowed China's progress in track and field.
Yao Ming has retired. Liu Xiang has an injured Achilles tendon and his future is up in the air, so who will be the next sporting superstar from Shanghai?
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