Former Olympic gold medalist hurdler and golden boy for millions of Chinese, Liu Xiang, limped off the track today, taking away with him the hopes of defending the gold and reclaiming his world record from Cuba's Dayron Robles. Within minutes there were... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Mon, Aug 18 2008
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