The Asian Flying-Man -- Liu Xiang
亚洲飞人——刘翔
It's August 27th, 2004. It's the Athens Olympic Games. It's the men's 110m hurdles final. It's China's Liu Xiang who the gold medal. He clocked the 12.91 seconds to break the Olympic record 12.95 seconds set by UK's Collion Jackson in 1993.
2004年8月27日，雅典奥运会赛场男子110米栏决赛，冠军由中国运动员刘翔获得，成绩为12秒91，打破了12秒95的奥运会纪录，平由英国选手科林·杰克逊1993年创造的世界纪录。
Liu Xiang is Chinese athletes' pride. This gold medal is the first gold Chinese and even Asian men's athletes have ever won from the track and field in the Olympic history. It starts a new historical period of track and field in both China and Asia. Liu Xiang was born in Shanghai, the largest city of China, in Jul 13th, 1983. He is 189 centimeters high. With an inborn talent for hurdles, he was selected to Shanghai Technical Sports Institute at 13 years old.
刘翔是中国运动员的骄傲，这枚金牌是中国男选手也是亚洲男选手在奥运会上夺得的第一枚田径金牌，书写了中国田径和亚洲田径新的历史！刘翔于1983年7月13日出生于中国的大都市上海，身高1.89米，13岁时，进入上海运动体育技术学院学习，其个人具有极佳的跨栏运动天赋。
His Main Achievements:
主要成绩如下：
In 2001, won gold medals of Men's 110 meters hurdles of the National Games, the East Asian Games and the World Students Games.
2001年全运会、东亚运动会、世界大学生运动会男子110米栏冠军；
In 2002, won gold medal of Men's 110 meters hurdles of the Asian Championship.
2002年亚锦赛男子110米栏冠军；
In 2002, won the gold medal of Men's 110 meters hurdles of the 14th Asian Games.
2002年第14届亚运会男子110米栏冠军；
In 2004, won gold medal of Men's 110 meters hurdles of Osaka Athletics Competition.
2004年大阪田径大奖赛，夺得冠军。
In 2004, won gold medal of Men's 110 meters hurdles of the Athens Olympic Games.
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2006年7月11日，洛桑田径国际大奖赛，刘翔以12秒88的惊人成绩打破了沉睡13年之久、由英国名将科林·杰克逊创造的男子110米跨栏世界纪录！
In July 11, 2006, won the gold medal of Men's 110 meters hurdles in Laussanne International Athletics Competiton and broke Men's 110 meters hurdles world record made by the British man Collin.Hackson with the surprising result of 12.88 seconds.
目前，刘翔正在教练孙海平的科学指导下，刻苦训练，我们期待在2008年的北京奥运会上能够再睹飞人的风采。
Now Liu Xiang is training with all his efforts and scientifically under his coach Sun Haiping's guide. We are looking forward to his fantastic show in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.
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