China stunned by Liu injury blow Add : 13:20:27 2008-08-18 View : 333 | Vote : 0 | Tag : SportLiu Xiang110m hurdles champion110m Olympics Defending 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang is out of the Beijing Olympics after pulling up in the opening round.
Liu, considered China's best athletics gold medal hope, clearly in pain due to an Achilles injury during the warm-up.
After a false start, he pulled up and stunned the home crowd in the 91,000-seater Bird's Nest stadium when he was forced to withdraw.
"Liu Xiang has two injur...