At 9:28 on July 13, 1983 (Year of Guihai), Putuo District, Shanghai, China

Liu Xiang was born on July 13, 1983 in Putuo District, Shanghai, China. Athlete of the 110-meter hurdles for the men's track and field team. In the history of Chinese athletics and track and field, he is also the first athlete in the history of Asian track and field to combine multiple honors including Olympic champion, indoor and outdoor world championships, IAAF Grand Prix finals champion, and world record holder.

In 2004, Liu Xiang tied the world record set by British athlete Colin Jackson at the Athens Olympics with a time of 12.91 seconds and won the championship. In 2006, at the Lausanne Athletics Super Grand Prix in Switzerland, he broke the 13-year-old world record with 12.88 seconds. In June 2012, Liu Xiang returned to the top of the world rankings in the 110-meter hurdles after five years. On August 7, 2012, in the men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries of the London Olympics, Liu Xiang ended the Olympic competition due to injury. On the afternoon of April 7, 2015, Liu Xiang officially announced his retirement on Weibo.

On February 3, 2015, Liu Xiang served as the promotion ambassador for the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing. At noon on March 2, 2016, Liu Xiang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, appeared at the Beijing Convention Center to report for the 2016 National Two Sessions. In April 2016, he participated in the recording of "The Amazing Race Season 3". In 2016, he participated in the recording of the first season of "Familiar Taste". In May 2017, he participated in the recording of the second season of "Come on Champion" and made public the hurdles again

Early experience

Liu Xiang

July 13, 1983 9 At 28:00, a 9-pound boy was born in Shanghai. He was Liu Xiang.

In 1990, when Liu Xiang was 7 years old, he was selected by Zhong Suogui, the coach of the track and field team of Guanong Xincun 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 the Shanghai Putuo District Youth Sports School to coach the long jump.

In 1996, after a city 100-meter running competition, Liu Xiang was spotted by Fang Shuiquan, the second-line coach of the track and field team of Shanghai Institute of Sports Technology, and then began to practice hurdles. Liu Xiang 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, Liu Xiang once again won the Shanghai Youth Track and Field Championship Group B championship. He then 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.

In early August 1998, in the national youth age-specific track and field competition held in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 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. In April 1999, the National Track and Field Grand Prix was held in Xinzhuang, Shanghai. Liu Xiang finished fourth in 14.19 seconds. The championship was won by Liu Xiang's senior brother Cao Jing. In May 1999, Liu Xiang participated in the Henan Youth Championship and won the championship in 14.56 seconds.