Born in the 1980s, Liu Xiang is one of the best athletes in our country. He is good at running and 110 meters hurdles（跨栏）. He is even the most capable hurdler（跨栏比赛选手） in the world. He keeps the best record of 12.88 seconds until now. No one has the ability to break it so far.

In March, 1999, he entered the Shanghai track and field（田径） team and one year later, he was admitted to the National Youth Team. Sun Haiping has been training him. In 2002, he won the gold modals in the men’s 110m hurdles at the Asian Games and the Asian Championships. The next year, he took third in the 60m hurdles at the World Indoor（室内） Championships（锦标赛） in England. At the Athens Olympic Games on August 27, 2004, Liu won the men’s 110m hurdles final in 12.91 seconds, equaling the world record set and breaking the Olympic record. We all sincerely（真诚地） hope that he will get better in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.