Sina Sports News - July 5, according to a message, in the latest published junior high school edition of "Chinese History" textbook by East China Normal University, Chinese flying man Liu Xiang was selected together with Wang Junxia. After 2005, the story of Liu Xiang winning the championship at Athens Olympic Games was once again selected into the textbook.
This junior high school edition (Grade 8) "Chinese History" textbook was edited by Wang Side and published by East China Normal University Press. In the experimental textbook Volume II, Lesson 20 "Culture, Art and Sports", there is a picture of Liu Xiang winning the championship at the Athens Olympic Games. In the picture, Liu Xiang is striding over the hurdle with all his might, while behind him are the Latvian famous athlete Olīgas and the French athlete Ducré. The text below the picture reads: "At the 28th Summer Olympics in 2004, Liu Xiang won the gold medal in the men's 110m hurdles and broke the Olympic record for this event. This is the first gold medal ever won by a Chinese or even an Asian in the short-distance track and field events at the Olympic Games. The picture shows Liu Xiang during the competition."