SI.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The elevator doors whisper shut. Inside, a familiar silence fills the box as it drops earthward from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building on a late spring morning. Against the rear wall Liu Xiang clasps his hands behind his back and nods gently, looking all around, as if he can see beyond the shiny walls to the world outside.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Hamburg - Tyson Gay aims to continue a proud United States sprint tradition against stiff Jamaican opposition while 110 metres hurdles gold from Liu Xiang is no foregone conclusion at the Beijing Games. Gay has experience on his side as the world cha...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Tom Knight Last Updated: 1:42AM BST 25 Jul 2008Just as Cathy Freeman had delivered for Australia in Sydney, eight years ago, so Liu is surely expected to give China a glorious gold medal in the Bird's Nest Stadium. China, however, is bracing itself for a mighty upset with the emergence of Dayron Robles, the bespectacled 21-year-old from Guantanamo, Cuba, who is set to break a billion hearts and...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
By John Bagratuni Hamburg (Germany), July 26 (DPA) Michael Phelps and Liu Xiang hope to grace superb venues with sports heroics at the Beijing Olympics against a backdrop of politics and pollution. The first games in the world’s most populous country has politics written all over it as concerns around China’s human rights record reached new [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beijing - The Chinese Olympic Committee on Friday announced a record 639-strong team of athletes for next month's games, several dozen more than expected. The team will compete in all 28 sports and has an average age of 24.4, with 469 members competing in their first Olympics, state media quoted Sports Minister Liu Peng as saying. Another 165 athletes took part in the Athens games in 2004, while 37...
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... - attempting to break Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals at a single Olympic Games. 4. Liu Xiang - China’s biggest medal hope on the track, in the 110 meter hurdles 5. Yao Ming - China’s favorite basketball giant. 6. Allyson Felix - Won a silver in Athens in the 200 meters 7. Shawn Johnson - At just 16 years old, she is regarded as the best gymnast in the world 8. Roman Sebrle - Czech...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
China is likely to field the biggest team when the games open in two weeks and this contingent is much larger than in Athens, when 407 athletes were named.They fielded 311 athletes in Sydney eight years ago and stars such as basketball player YaoADVERTISEMENT Ming and defending Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang will be under pressure to deliver at home.China's government hopes the Olympics...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | yesterday
China named their largest ever Olympic squad in an effort to ensure the Beijing Games becomes the most successful to date.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beijing - The Chinese Olympic Committee on Friday announced a record 639-strong team of athletes for next month's home Games in Beijing, several dozen more than expected. The team will compete in all 28 sports and has an average age of 24.4, with 469 members competing in their first Olympics, state media quoted Sports Minister Liu Peng as saying. Another 165 athletes took part in the Athens Games in...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in line with tickets to the final of the 110 m hurdles."I just feel so lucky to be able to see Liu Xiang run at the Olympics," said Lei, 24, referring to the Chinese hero and defending champion.Long queues had already formed by Wednesday afternoon, a day after Olympic organisers announced the final tranche of 820,000 tickets would go on sale.By Thursday, 10,000 people had formed a line snaking...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of people ahead of me," Yao told the newspaper. Yao said she wanted to buy two tickets to see Liu Xiang, the 100-metre hurdles gold medallist in Athens, compete in the stadium. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the Olympics, and I can't afford to miss it," she was quoted as saying. Tickets for popular Olympic events are reportedly changing hands for several times their face value....
Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in line with tickets to the final of the 110 m hurdles."I just feel so lucky to be able to see Liu Xiang run at the Olympics," said Lei, 24, referring to the Chinese hero and defending champion.Long queues had already formed by Wednesday afternoon, a day after Olympic organisers announced the final tranche of 820,000 tickets would go on sale.By Thursday, 10,000 people formed a line snaking...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
On the streets of Beijing, the face of China's first male Olympic track champion, Liu Xiang, is omnipresent. It is nearly impossible to walk one block without seeing his chiseled grin beaming down from a billboard. As a spokesman for Nike, Coca-Cola, and Cadillac, one would think Liu is set for life.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Hamburg - Michael Phelps and Liu Xiang hope to grace superb venues with sports heroics at the Beijing Olympics against a backdrop of politics and pollution. The first Games in the world's most populous country has politics written all over it as conc...
icWales (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Athletics: Robles can gatecrash Chinese party – Jackson WalesOnline FORMER 110m hurdles world record holder Colin Jackson expects young Cuban Dayron Robles to give Chinese giant Liu Xiang a run for his money in Beijing.Welshman Jackson, now 41, saw his long-standing hurdles mark of 12.91secs, set back in 1993, equalled by Liu when he won the event at the 2004 Games in Athens, before finally...
