Liu Xiang's foot injury has not yet fully healed, and the indoor athletics world championships have begun in Doha, Qatar. Watch Liu Xiang's Doha group preliminary race online.
Main actor: Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang's foot injury has not yet fully healed, and the indoor athletics world championships have begun in Doha, Qatar. Watch Liu Xiang's Doha group preliminary race on Youku online. Liu Xiang's foot injury has not yet fully healed, and the indoor athletics world championships have begun in Doha, Qatar. Watch Liu Xiang's Doha group preliminary race on Tudou online.
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After enduring the torment of injury, Liu Xiang once again stood on the track of a world-class competition, this time for the 60-meter hurdles. However, Liu Xiang's foot injury has not yet fully healed, with inflammation still present before coming to Beijing. After the race, Liu Xiang immediately removed his spiked shoes to check his ankle.
On February 12th Beijing time, the 2010 Indoor Athletics World Championships began in Doha, Qatar. In the men's 60-meter hurdles preliminary race on the evening of February 12th, Liu Xiang faced his first race of 2010. There were no strong opponents in the third group where Liu Xiang was located, but he narrowly secured third place in the group by only a 0.01-second advantage, advancing to the semi-finals.
The special permit race "simulated" the semi-final and final arrangements of the Doha Indoor Championships, with only two hours between the preliminary and final races. Liu Xiang, who smoothly advanced to the final, had five opponents. During the race, he was placed in lane four. When crossing the first hurdle, Liu Xiang's right foot touched the crossbar, disrupting his rhythm, and he hit the hurdle again when crossing the third hurdle, ultimately finishing in regrettable defeat.
"My right foot hit the edge of the hurdle when I pushed off, and there are two large iron weights on both sides of the hurdle frame, which disrupted my rhythm," Liu Xiang said after the race. Hitting the hurdle while crossing the first hurdle was the direct cause of his poor performance, and his mental state also changed when hitting the hurdle, as he worried it might affect his previously severely injured right foot. "In fact, I have not been strengthening the speed training of my right foot, but rather muscle group training to enhance strength," Liu Xiang said.
Liu Xiang stated that he does not care about winning or losing in such competitions. A reporter directly asked him if his current condition would allow him to compete with Robles in Doha, to which Liu Xiang replied: "It's not absolutely impossible, but now there is no chance at all. You guys shouldn't keep thinking I'm still the same Liu Xiang as before." When asked to predict his performance at the Doha World Championships, Liu Xiang said: "To make it into the top 8." Talking about who has a better chance to win the championship, he said: "It's really hard to say between Trammell and Robles, but the champion should be one of them (one of the two)."