page_title: Liu Xiang (hurdler)
hierarchical_section_title: Liu Xiang (hurdler)
caption_attribution_description: World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka - 110 metres hurdles runner Xiang Liu celebrating the first gold medal ever for China
context_page_description: Liu Xiang is a Chinese former 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China.
  Liu is one of China's most successful athletes and has emerged as a cultural icon. On top of being the only male athlete in history to have achieved the "triple crown" in the event of 110-metre hurdles—World Record Holder, World Champion and Olympic Champion—Liu remains the Olympic record holder for the men's 110-metre hurdles with a time of 12.91 seconds he set back at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He was the favorite to win another gold in the 110 metre hurdles at the Beijing Olympics, but he had to withdraw from competition at the last moment after a false start and aggravation to a previously unrevealed injury. Again a gold medal favourite in the 110 metre hurdles at the London Olympics he pulled his Achilles tendon attempting to clear the first hurdle in the heats. On April 7, 2015, he announced his retirement on Sina Weibo.
context_section_description: Liu Xiang (simplified Chinese: 刘翔; traditional Chinese: 劉翔; pinyin: Liú Xiáng; born July 13, 1983) is a Chinese former 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China.
  Liu is one of China's most successful athletes and has emerged as a cultural icon. On top of being the only male athlete in history to have achieved the "triple crown" in the event of 110-metre hurdles—World Record Holder, World Champion and Olympic Champion—Liu remains the Olympic record holder for the men's 110-metre hurdles with a time of 12.91 seconds he set back at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He was the favorite to win another gold in the 110 metre hurdles at the Beijing Olympics, but he had to withdraw from competition at the last moment after a false start and aggravation to a previously unrevealed injury. Again a gold medal favourite in the 110 metre hurdles at the London Olympics he pulled his Achilles tendon attempting to clear the first hurdle in the heats. On April 7, 2015, he announced his retirement on Sina Weibo.
caption: Liu Xiang celebrating at the 2007 World Championship as he became World Champion.
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