At 9:28 on July 13, 1983, a 9-pound boy was born in Shanghai. He was Dabao (nickname).

★In 1990, when he was 7 years old, Liu Xiang was selected by Zhong Suogui, the coach of the track and field team of Guannong Primary School in Shanghai, to practice track and field, and he became associated with sports from then on.

★In 1993, when the fourth grade was coming to an end, Liu Xiang was selected by teacher Gu Baogang to join Shanghai Putuo District Youth Sports School, where he coached the high jump and assisted in the 100-meter dash, starting his professional sports career.

★ In 1995, Fang Shuiquan, the second-line coach of the track and field team of Shanghai Institute of Sports Technology (Municipal Sports School, referred to as Ershao Sports), took a chance on a city 100-meter running competition, and then started practicing hurdles. .

★ Won the Shanghai Junior Track and Field Championship Group B championship in 1996. This is the first hurdle championship that Liu Xiang has won in his memory.

★ In 1997, he transferred to Yichuan Middle School, a key middle school in Putuo District and a traditional track and field school in Shanghai, where he studied and trained at the same time.

★ In early August 1998, the National Youth Track and Field Competition was held in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. Liu Xiang won the second place in the country in the all-around event despite being injured.

★ In March 1999, with Sun Haiping’s full efforts, Liu Xiang returned to Ershao Sports to practice hurdles and entered the first-line team. From then on, Liu Xiang became attached to his master Sun Haiping, and eventually created the myth of 91 seconds in 12 seconds.

★ 4th place in the men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2000 World Youth Championship; 1st place in the men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2001 National Games, East Asian Games, and World University Games; 13.12 seconds at the 2002 Lausanne International Grand Prix in Switzerland His performance broke the Asian record for the men's 110-meter hurdles; the 2004 Olympic champion of the 110-meter hurdles, his time of 12.91 seconds broke the Olympic record and tied the world record. On July 12, 2006, he clocked 12 seconds in the Lausanne Athletics Golden League. 88 broke the 13-year-old world record held by Colin Jackson. On February 11, 2007, he broke the Asian record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.42 at the German Track and Field Indoor Games.

★ In May 2001, at the National Track and Field Championships and Grand Prix Series held in Shanghai, Liu Xiang won first place with a time of 13.32 seconds. In this "battle for hegemony" between the old and new hurdle kings, Liu Xiang defeated his first hurdler opponent, Chen Yanhao. It was also from this time that Liu Xiang completed a true psychological transcendence.

★ On May 28, 2001, Liu Xiang won his first world championship title - the 110-meter hurdles championship at the World University Games.

★ In July 2002, at the IAAF Grand Prix in Switzerland, Liu Xiang ran a time of 13.08 seconds, breaking the world youth record of 13.23 seconds.

★ On May 8, 2004, at the IAAF Grand Prix held in Osaka, Japan, Liu Xiang defeated Johnson's 13.13 seconds with a time of 13.06 seconds. He defeated Johnson face-to-face for the first time. He also defeated Liu Xiang's idol and his second opponent.

★ On July 2, 2004, at the IAAF Grand Prix in Rome, Liu Xiang won again with a time of 13.11 seconds, one thousandth of a second faster than Alan Johnson. The experience of defeating Alan Johnson twice gave Liu Xiang endless confidence in the decisive battle in Athens.

★ On August 27, 2004, in the men's 110-meter hurdles final of the Athens Olympic Games, Liu Xiang won the gold medal in 12.91 seconds, tying the record set by British athlete Colin Jackson, creating a Chinese record. Miracles and myths in short track events!

★ On August 12, 2005, at the 10th World Championships, Liu Xiang won the runner-up in 13.08 seconds, creating the best result for a Chinese male athlete in the history of the World Championships.

★ On July 12, 2006, Liu Xiang won the gold medal at the Lausanne Athletics Super Grand Prix in Switzerland with a time of 12.88 seconds, breaking the 12-second mark set by British star Colin Jackson that had been dormant for 13 years. A world record of 91.

★ On August 31, 2007, in the men’s 110-meter hurdles final of the 11th World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, Liu Xiang won the championship in 12.95 seconds, becoming a world record, Olympic champion, and world championship The Grand Slam winner of the men's 110-meter hurdles.

On the morning of March 31, 2008, Liu Xiang took over the torch from President Hu Jintao and became the first torch relay holder in China, kicking off the Olympic Torch Relay