In the early morning of February 20th, Beijing time, former Olympic champion Liu Xiang updated his social media account and posted recent photos.
This is his second update on social media after more than a year.
Liu Xiang posted a total of five photos with the caption: "Brother, come and see you."
Judging from the photos, Liu Xiang should have come to Lausanne, Switzerland, to revisit his old place.
After Liu Xiang updated his news, he immediately aroused positive responses from many netizens.
Many netizens posted: Long time no see, Brother Xiang, do you know how many people miss you?
Some netizens also apologized directly to Liu Xiang: Brother Xiang, I’m sorry.
As we all know, Lausanne, Switzerland, is of great significance to Liu Xiang.
On July 2, 2002, at the IAAF Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland, the fledgling Liu Xiang won second place in Lausanne and also broke the Asian record in this event.
On July 11, 2006, also in Lausanne, Switzerland, Liu Xiang directly broke the 13-year-old world record of the men's 110-meter hurdles with a time of 12.88 seconds and won the championship.
It is worth mentioning that before Liu Xiang broke this record, the world record holder in the men's 110-meter hurdles was British star Colin Jackson, whose time was 12.91 seconds.
On August 31, 2007, in the men's 110 hurdles final of the Osaka World Championships, Liu Xiang, who was placed in the ninth lane, finally defeated a group of players including Cuban star Robles and won the championship with a time of 12.95 seconds. Became the Grand Slam winner of the men's 110-meter hurdles, combining Olympic champion, world championship champion and world record holder.
Here is a brief introduction to everyone. The ninth lane of the men's 110-meter hurdles is located on the outermost side of the entire stadium track. It is the most unfavorable lane for achieving good results among the straight events. Therefore, Liu Xiang's victory in the Osaka World Championships was also praised by the media. Popularly known as the "Ninth Miracle".
Later, due to his own injuries, Liu Xiang withdrew from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and became the target of criticism from netizens from all walks of life.
Some people even called him a "traitor", "liar" and "traitor".
In the 2012 London Olympics, Liu Xiang tried to come back to compete, but fell when crossing the first hurdle, directly causing a rupture of his Achilles tendon.
This also led to the peak of online public opinion against Liu Xiang at that time. Liu Xiang directly changed from a national hero in the media to a "national bear".
In fact, Liu Xiang had already suffered from severe "bursitis" before the Beijing Olympics. In order not to affect his participation in the competition, Liu Xiang once kicked the wall hard with his feet, trying to reduce the pain in his feet by relying on numbness. .
Because of this, Liu Xiang's Achilles tendon had actually reached its limit, which led to the scene at the London Olympics.
Now twelve years have passed, Liu Xiang has also reached the age of 40, and the scolding of him by netizens has gradually disappeared.
But we haven’t forgotten the overwhelming abuse back then, and Liu Xiang probably hasn’t forgotten either.
