The story of Liu Xiang.

at 9: 28 on July 13th, 1983, a boy weighing 9 Jin was born in Shanghai. He is Dabao (nickname).

★ At the age of 7 in 199, Liu Xiang was selected by Zhong Suogui, the coach of the school track and field team in Shanghai Guannong Primary School, to practice track and field, and became attached to sports from then on.

★ In 1993, when the fourth grade was coming to an end, Liu Xiang was selected by Mr. Gu Baogang to be a junior sports school in Putuo District, Shanghai, and began his professional sports career.

★ In 1995, Fang Shuiquan, the coach of the second-line track and field team of Shanghai Institute of Sports Technology (referred to as No.2 Sports School for short), took a fancy to an opportunity to run the 1-meter race in the city, and then began to practice hurdles.

★ In 1996, he won the second group championship of Shanghai Junior Track and Field Championships. This is Liu Xiang's first hurdle champion in memory.

★ In 1997, I transferred to Yichuan Middle School, a key middle school in Putuo District and a traditional track and field school in Shanghai, where I studied and trained.

★ At the beginning of August, 1998, a national youth track and field competition was held in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, and Liu Xiang won the second place in the national all-around event with injury and closure.

★ In March, 1999, with the full efforts of Sun Haiping, Liu Xiang returned to the second junior high school to practice hurdles and entered the first team. From then on, Liu Xiang became attached to his master Sun Haiping, and finally created the myth of 12 seconds 91.

★ 4th place in men's 11m hurdles at the 2 World Youth Championship; 1 National Games, East Asian Games, World University Games men's 11m hurdles champion; In 22, Lausanne International Grand Prix in Switzerland broke the Asian record of men's 11m hurdles in 13.12 seconds. Olympic champion in the 11m hurdles in 24, he broke the Olympic record with a time of 12.91 seconds and tied the world record. On July 12th, 26, he broke the world record held by Colin Jackson for 13 years in the track and field golden league in Lausanne. On February 11th, 27, he broke the Asian record of 6-meter hurdles with 7.42 in the indoor track and field competition in Germany.

★ In May 21, Liu Xiang won the first place in the national track and field championship and series grand prix held in Shanghai with a time of 13.32 seconds. Liu Xiang defeated Chen Yanhao, the first hurdler in his mind, in this "competition for hegemony" between the old and new hurdlers. It is also from this time that Liu Xiang completed a real psychological transcendence.

★ On May 28th, 21, Liu Xiang won the first world champion title-the 11m hurdles champion of the Universiade.

★ In July 22, at the Swiss IAAF Grand Prix, Liu Xiang ran 13.8 seconds, breaking the world youth record of 13.23 seconds.

★ On May 8th, 24, at the IAAF Grand Prix held in Osaka, Japan, Liu Xiang beat Johnson with a time of 13.6 seconds. The first time I defeated Johnson face to face, I also defeated Liu Xiang's idol and my second opponent.

★ On July 2nd, 24, Liu Xiang won the IAAF Grand Prix in Rome in 13.11 seconds, one thousandth of a second faster than allen johnson. The experience of defeating allen johnson twice injected infinite confidence into Liu Xiang's decisive battle against Athens.

★ On August 27th, 24, in the men's 11m hurdles final of Athens Olympic Games, Liu Xiang won the gold medal with a time of 12.91, which tied the record set by British player colin jackson, creating a miracle and myth for China people in short track events!

★ On August 12th, 25, in the 1th World Championships, Liu Xiang won the runner-up in 13.8 seconds, which created the best result for China men in the history of the World Championships.

★ On July 12th, 26, Liu Xiang won the gold medal in the track and field super grand prix in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a time of 12.88 seconds, and broke the world record of 12.91 seconds, which was set by the famous British colin jackson after sleeping for 13 years.

★ On August 31st, 27, in the men's 11m hurdles final of the 11th World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, Liu Xiang won the championship in 12.95 seconds, becoming the winner of the men's 11m hurdles grand slam, which is a combination of world record, Olympic champion and world champion.

On the morning of March 31st, 28, Liu Xiang took the torch from President Hu Jintao, becoming the first torchbearer in China, which kicked off the Olympic torch relay.