倫敦奧運中華選手劉翔簡介

With the London Olympics fast upon us, introduces the athletes selected to compete at the Summer Games. Check back as CRT profiles athletes from China, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong.

在倫敦夏季奧運會開幕前夕，《華爾街日報》網站將介紹一些即將參賽的選手。“中國實時報”(China Real Time)欄目將陸續介紹來自中國大陸、中華臺北和中國香港的運動員。

Liu Xiang

劉翔

Event: hurdles

參賽項目：110米欄

Born: July 13, 1983

出生日期：1983年7月13日

Career

賽場生涯

As a world record holder, a world champion, and an Olympic medal winner, Liu Xiang is one of China's highest-profile athletes. The Shanghai-native first earned his now heroic fame in his home country when winning his first gold medal in Athens in 2004, setting a record time of 12.91 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles.

作爲曾經的世界紀錄保持者、世界冠軍和奧運金牌獲得者，劉翔是中國最引人注目的運動員之一。老家在上海的劉翔2004年在雅典奧運會奪得奧運金牌後，便一直在中國享有英雄般的聲譽。那次比賽他平了12.91秒的110米欄世界紀錄。

Track and field watchers expect Mr. Liu to be a top contender for a gold medal at London's summer games, helping the 6-foot-2 star avenge a disappointing performance on his home turf in 2008. It was then at the Beijing Olympics that Mr. Liu, bearing national expectations to dominate, withdrew from the competition, pointing to a painful Achilles tendon injury and disappointing many.

田徑項目觀察人士預計，劉翔是本屆倫敦奧運會110米欄金牌的有力爭奪者。如果奪金，身高1米88的劉翔將一雪他2008年在北京奧運會上表現不佳的恥辱。在北京奧運會上，中國人原本期望劉翔能夠稱霸110米欄賽道，但劉翔卻因跟腱嚴重受傷退出比賽，這令很多人失望。

Now Mr. Liu is back on the winning track, having recently won the Seiko Golden Grand Prix in early May.

現在，劉翔又重新回到了勝利的軌道上。他在5月初剛剛贏得了日本川崎田徑挑戰賽的冠軍。

Quote

語錄

"There are a lot of strong rivals so you just have to concentrate on your own conditioning and training."

強勁的對手有很多，所以你能做的只是將精力集中到自己的訓練上來。