UNIT 2OLYMPIC FIGURES心灵鸡汤心灵鸡汤心灵鸡汤心灵鸡汤Liu Xiang,a Shanghai native,was born on July 13,1983.His height is 188cm ,weights 74kg .Singing and the computer are his hobbies.In March,1999,he entered the Shanghai track and field 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 medals in the mens 110m hurdles at the Asian Games and the Asian Championships.The next year,he took third in the 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships in England .At the Athens Olympic Games on August 27,2004,Liu won the mens 110m hurdles final in 12.91 seconds,equaling the world record set and breaking the Olympic record.Although Liu Xiang failed to start his firstround heat in the 110 meters hurdles in at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing,we still look forward to him.