From Shanghaiist: China’s flying hurdler, Liu Xiang (刘翔) has done it again. Yesterday in Kobe, Japan, Liu clocked 13.22 seconds in the 110-hurdles event, re-writing the Asian Athletics Championships record. The first Chinese athlete to achieve the “triple crown” of athletics (World Record Holder, World Champion and Olympic Champion), Liu has been making a steady comeback since [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Liu Xiang'
Liu Xiang Wins 110 Hurdles at Asian Champs
July 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Track and Field
Tags:2010 Guangzhou Asian Games·2011 World Championships in Athletics·hurdling·Liu Xiang
Almost Is Still Newsworthy in Tennis
January 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Sports, Tennis
An article looking at the latest tennis duo from China, and how some of the world’s less-reported sports are producing China’s future athletic stars. For all of about five seconds, there was discussion about an “all Chinese” final in the Australian Open. The People’s Daily newspaper had already crowned Li Na and Zheng Jie — [...]
Tags:Australian Open·Bird's Nest·Ding Junhui·ESPN·Guo Jingjing·Justine Henin·Li Na·Liu Jiayu·Liu Xiang·Olympic Games·People's Daily·Serena Williams·Shanghai Sharks·Vancouver 2010·Yao Ming·Zheng Jie
Top 10 Chinese Sports News in 2008
December 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Business, Government, Sports Regime
2008 is by all means an extraordinary year for China’s sports. Not merely because this country won so many golds in the Beijing Games, there’re actually so much more interesting things beyond that if we comb back closely, either about its sports administration and regime, or simply the government itself. 1. Juguo Rules the Games [...]
Tags:age scandal·Basketball·CBA·Football·gambling·He Kexin·juguo·Liu Xiang·NFL·Olympics
Liu Xiang, Doping and Sports Journalism Ethics
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Athletics
Titan Sports (体坛周报), China’s largest sports publication, on Nov. 18th ran a piece about foreign journalists offering bribe to get doping stories from Liu Xiang’s coach. Below are some excerpts: Eight doping cases came to light in the Beijing Olympics. Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, predicted 7 more could be found after [...]
