Liu limps off to a trail of tears
By Bao Daozu | China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-19 08:12
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The look that brought tears to billions of eyes. Liu Xiang squirms in pain as he prepares for the men's 110-m hurdles heats at the Bird's Nest in Beijing yesterday. The ace hurdler pulled out of the race with an Achilles tendon injury, shattering China's only real gold medal dream in athletics. AP |
A false start, a hobble and the face of China's athletics walked away from the Bird's Nest, shattering billions of people's dream.
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