Sunday, August 17, 2008

Liu XiangLiu Xiang is seen clearly in pain

China's Olympic 110 metres hurdles champion Liu Xiang pulled out of his race injured on Monday.

After a false start in his first-round heat, Liu, clutched his leg and walked off the track.

Men's 110m hurdles heats fastest qualifiers:

1. David Oliver (U.S.) 13.30 Q seconds
2. Paulo Villar (Colombia) 13.37 Q
3. Ryan Brathwaite (Barbados) 13.38 Q
4. Dayron Robles (Cuba) 13.39 Q
5. Jackson Quinonez (Spain) 13.41 Q
6. David Payne (U.S.) 13.42 Q
7. Petr Svoboda (Czech Republic) 13.43 Q
8. Shamar Sands (Bahamas) 13.45 Q
9. Konstadinos Douvalidis (Greece) 13.49 Q
10. Gregory Sedoc (Netherlands) 13.50 Q
11. Ladji Doucoure (France) 13.52 Q
12. Shi Dongpeng (China) 13.53 Q
12. Artur Noga (Poland) 13.53 Q
14. Marcel van der Westen (Netherlands) 13.54 Q
15. Andrew Turner (Britain) 13.56 Q
15. Allan Scott (Britain) 13.56 Q
17. Wei Ji (China) 13.57 Q
18. Salim Nurudeen (Nigeria) 13.58 Q
19. Igor Peremota (Russia) 13.59 Q
19. Ronald Forbes (Cayman Islands) 13.59 Q
21. Richard Phillips (Jamaica) 13.60 Q
21. Samuel Coco-Viloin (France) 13.60 Q
23. Maurice Wignall (Jamaica) 13.61 Q
23. Daniel Kiss (Hungary) 13.61 Q
25. Mohammed Al-Thawadi (Qatar) 13.64 Q
26. Lee Jung-joon (South Korea) 13.65 Q
27. Mikel Thomas (Trinidad & Tobago) 13.69 Q
28. Hector Cotto (Puerto Rico) 13.72 Q
29. David Ilariani (Georgia) 13.75 Q
30. Dudley Dorival (Haiti) 13.78 Q
31. Anselmo de Silva (Brazil) 13.81 Q
32. Damjan Zlatnar (Slovenia) 13.84 Q
33. Maksim Lynsha (Belarus) 13.86
34. Stanislav Sajdok (Czech Republic) 13.89
35. Evgeniy Borisov (Russia) 13.90
36. Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja (Madagascar) 13.91
37. Masato Naito (Japan) 13.96
38. Oleg Normatov (Uzbekistan) 14.00
39. Jurica Grabusic (Croatia) 14.18
40. Abdul Rashid (Pakistan) 14.52

. Liu Xiang (China) DNF
. Terrence Trammell (U.S.) DNF
. Stanislavs Olijars (Latvia) DNS
Q = Qualified
DNF = Did not finish
DNS = Did not start

Image Courtsey: AFP Pictures and Thetelegraph.co.uk

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