Liu Xiang of China, 110-meter hurdle gold medalist eight years ago, fell hard in his Olympic qualifying heat Tuesday and left the arena in a wheelchair. Sports News // 1 decade ago.

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Former Olympic hurdles champion Liu Xiang will miss the 2013 season because of his slow recovery from an Achilles injury. Jos Hermens, the ...

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, the first man from his country to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field and a former world-record holder, announced his retirement Tuesday due to injury. “I ...

The Buzz: As Liu Xiang limped off the track and hobbled into the tunnel Monday an entire stadium — and an entire nation — was stunned. Many sat in silence, letting the monumental moment sink in.

LONDON -- Last week Yao Ming, the greatest basketball player in Chinese history, was speaking here about the coming redemption of Liu Xiang. Four years ago in S.L. Price | Aug 7, 2012 ...

China's record-breaking athlete Liu Xiang is plagued by injury. BEIJING, Aug. 18, 2008 -- When defending Olympic hurdles champion and Chinese national hero Liu Xiang stepped onto the track at the ...

LONDON – The sight was both pathetic and ennobling, depressing and uplifting. There was Liu Xiang, his second consecutive Olympics ruined almost immediately by catastrophic injury, hopping ...

SHANGHAI -- In a major blow to China's hopes to win a gold medal in track at the Beijing Games, defending Olympic hurdle champion Liu Xiang withdrew Monday because of a foot injury.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Former Olympic hurdles champion Liu Xiang will miss the 2013 season because of his slow recovery from an Achilles injury. Jos Hermens, the Chinese hurdler's manager, told The ...

Liu Xiang, China’s top track and field star and former Olympic champion hurdler, has run his last race. In a lengthy and emotive statement Tuesday, Mr. Liu called time on a triumphant but ...