Liu Xiang is a Chinese former 110 metre hurdler, born on 13 July 1983, who won the 2004 Olympic title in Athens in an Olympic record of 12.91 seconds, the first Olympic gold medal for China in men's athletics. He also became world champion and world record holder, the only man to hold all three honours in the event, and he became a cultural icon in China. Injury forced him out of the 2008 Beijing Games, and he tore his Achilles tendon in the heats at London in 2012. He announced his retirement on 7 April 2015.
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is a Chinese former 110 meter hurdler
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born July 13, 1983
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Liu is an Olympic gold medalist and world champion
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the only male athlete in history to be the 110-metre hurdles world record holder
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is a Chinese former 110 meter hurdler
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is a Chinese former 110 meter hurdler
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Olympic record holder for the men's 110-metre hurdles with a time of 12.91 seconds he set at the 2004 Athens Olympics
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at the 2012 London Olympics, he tore his Achilles tendon
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