Name: Liu Xiang Gender: Male Birthplace: Shanghai Birthday: .7.13 Height:1.88m Weight: 74kg Event: Track and Field (Hurdling) Liu Xiang is the pride of China athletes. He tied with British star Colin in Athens with a score of 12 second. This gold medal is the first track and field gold medal won by China male athletes at the meeting, which has written a new history of track and field in China! Fourth place in men's hurdles at the World Youth Championship in; Men's hurdles champion in National Games, East Asian Games and World University Games; In 2008, the World Indoor Track and Field Grand Prix tied the Asian record of 7.55 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles; In the 2008 IAAF Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland, he broke the Asian record of men's hurdles with 13 seconds, ranking fourth in the world; Men's Hurdle Champion in Asian Championships in; 14 Asian Games men's hurdles champion; The third place in the men's 60-meter hurdles in the 2008 World Indoor Athletics Championships ended the history that China men had no medals in this event 18; July Zagreb Athletics Federation Super Grand Prix runner-up, Paris World Championships men's 60-meter hurdles bronze medal; In the 2006 World Indoor Athletics Championships, Liu Xiang broke the Asian indoor record of men's 60-meter hurdles twice with 7.46 seconds and 7.43 seconds respectively, and won the runner-up, which once again wrote the track and field history of China. In 2008 Osaka Athletics Grand Prix, Liu Xiang won the championship on the same stage with American famous Allen Johnson for the first time, and set a new Asian record for outdoor hurdles with a score of 13.06 seconds. In 2008, Athens won the gold medal in men's hurdles, tying the world record held by British star colin jackson with12.91. This gold medal is the first track and field gold medal won by China male athletes at the meeting.

Liu Xiang's story interviewed him and his coach Sun Haiping many times, and heard some stories about Liu Xiang intermittently, but there are still many unknown stories.

Grandpa changed Liu Xiang.

When I was a child, Liu Xiang was a naughty boy. Many adults praised his courage. His family sent him to a junior sports school because his other children were more naughty. The road of sports school is not very smooth. Because of his young age, Liu Xiang was often bullied by older children at the same school. Liu Xiang said that this is the practice of China's sports schools. This experience made him almost decide to give up the junior sports school, but one thing changed the young Liu Xiang's decision.

When he was seven or eight years old, his grandfather was 70 years old. Before that, the old man couldn't ride a bike, but at the age of 70, he suddenly wanted to learn and learned. The old man said that it is convenient for him to learn to go anywhere. Liu Xiang thought that grandpa could learn to ride a bike at the age of 70. Why did he give up? Looking back now, Liu Xiang is still lamenting that if there were no grandpa's actions, maybe there would be no him now.

That unforgettable game.

Liu Xiang is a genius in hurdling. You know, he is still practicing high jump. Liu Xiang was very confident at that time. He said, "If I can reach the height of two meters, I will be very successful in the high jump." He had already won the Shanghai junior high school high jump championship, and he was indeed a very good high jumper. But it was that year, and now his hurdler Sun Haiping took a fancy to him. In Sun Haiping's words, hurdlers need courage. Many people dare not cross the hurdles above 1 m, but Liu Xiang has such courage. Judging from his high jump practice, his speed and explosiveness are very good.

Perhaps because of this, many people in the international track and field circles did not expect it. In addition, in the straight event, few people from China or even Asians can reach the finals, which he and his coach will never forget.

It was 165438+ 10, an indoor track and field grand prix in Lyon, France. Six athletes entered the 60-meter hurdles final, and Liu Xiang stood in the fifth lane, including three American athletes, and the sixth lane next to it was also an American athlete. The starting gun rang, but I didn't expect the American athlete in the sixth lane to fall when crossing the second hurdle, and Liu Xiang was the third to cross the finish line. The excitement lasted only 2 seconds, and the referee and the big screen announced that China and Liu Xiang in the fifth lane had no result at the same time. How come... Liu Xiang and the coach were very angry and asked for the referee's theory. It turned out that the referee mistook the American athlete who fell for Liu Xiang, because in their view, China people would not perform well in this event. This is a game that is not televised. Fortunately, Liu Xiang's coach filmed the whole process with his miniature camera. This is Sun Haiping's habit. He photographed every game in Liu Xiang with his camera, which became the only evidence that Liu Xiang didn't fall. The video clearly shows that China Liu Xiang is the third. Finally, the clearance of Liu Xiang reminded the international track and field referees that China people can make a difference in short-distance events.

It was such an accident that gave Liu mentoring a great help and made their training more motivated.

He was so excited that he didn't sleep for three days

What really let the world know about Liu Xiang was an international field competition held in Lausanne, Switzerland in July 2008. At the age of 19, he ran a personal best of 13 seconds, and broke the world youth record held by Americans for 24 years and the Asian record held by Thomas Lee of China for 8 years.

Liu Xiang said that it all happened so fast that he didn't expect it. When he crossed the finish line, he looked back and left the second place far away. He was told that he had broken the world youth record, but he didn't believe it, but it was true. He was excited for three days. He said he couldn't sleep for three days and didn't have the heart to train. He just wants to laugh, just want to appreciate himself, and appreciate every photo he has broken the record. That is, from that time on, he felt that it was a very happy thing to choose hurdles at the beginning; It was also from that time that Liu Xiang found himself a competitive player. The more he got to the game site, the more excited, the more powerful and the more excited he was. He said: "When you see yourself crossing one hurdle after another, you feel like you are surpassing. This kind of excitement is unparalleled. "

Won the first gold medal for grandma.

It was the 9th National Games in Guangdong in June, 1 1. Liu Xiang's grandmother was dying of pancreatic cancer, but the old man was waiting for her grandson Liu Xiang to win the gold medal in the National Games. On the day of the final, Liu Xiang already knew about it. He has been praying for a gold medal for his grandmother. But at that time, Liu Xiang did not have absolute strength. His brother Chen was his strongest opponent, but Liu Xiang finally won the championship by 0.06 second. He knelt at the finish line and hit his head three times. He is telling his grandmother that he has won the gold medal. His grandmother died before he returned to Shanghai, but to the old man's delight, he knew that Liu Xiang had won the championship. On July 13, 24 years ago, a little creature was born in the north corner of Shanghai. In order to give this little guy a name, his aunt and uncle came here. "His father surnamed liu, your name is ji. Just call Liu Ji. " Aunt said to Ji Fenhua. "Liu Ji, Liu Ji ..." Ji Fenhua read it twice and felt that adding a "student" was a "repeat student". "No, then use the auspicious word in' auspicious'." My uncle, who was a university professor, set the "sound" for the child, but it was Liu Xuegen who set the "shape"-Liu Xiang. At the beginning, he took the word "Xiang" in the hope that his children would fly high one day.

On August 27th, 24 years later, Liu Xiang really flew. On the blue Aegean Sea in Athens, under the attention of China people, he stood at the starting line of the hurdles final. ...

In the alleys of Shanghai ...

Putuo District is called "the turn of summer" in Shanghai. Because this is an industrial area, residents usually have double jobs. Liu Xiang comes from such an ordinary "Shanghai family".

In the night, a shirtless man is enjoying the cool. In Shanghai, this is called "going shirtless". Liu Xuegen, a 52-year-old driver of Shanghai Waterworks, "hangs out" with such a man.

The glasses on the bridge of the nose can be seen at a glance as "weather-beaten", and they didn't get married and have children until they were in their thirties. Liu Xuegen has experienced hardships, and he is unwilling to spend money. Even when Liu Xiang flew to Athens, he sent the broken one to be repaired, and his son couldn't find his father for several days.

Ji Fenhua, an ordinary woman known as the hero of old Shanghai in Wang Anyi's novels, is a middle-aged woman who is "laid off" at home and centered on "son, desk and vegetable basket". "We are Xiangxiang ..." Every time I talk about my son, Ji Fenhua will start with these four words. Liu Xiang, it's a piece of meat that fell from her.

The alleys in Shanghai always have a special flavor. At the intersection of Wuning Road and Zhenbei Road, there is a community called Haitang Garden. The entrance to the community is still under construction. I can't even get a taxi in the middle of the night. ...

Liu Xiang's family lives in Haitang Garden. The house number is Lane 46, Zhenbei Road, and the child was assigned by Liu Xuegen's unit. Next to it is an old-fashioned public building with mottled gray walls.

You can't hide secrets in this alley. Eastern parents and western parents are short and oral. "Now, to see Liu Xiang, difficult. I grew up watching him grow up. At that time, we thought he was a sensible and promising child. Lao Liu is really blessed. " In Shanghai, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. "Liu, your wife is looking at your son's photo on the road." 10 minutes later, Ji Fenhua appeared in front of Liu Xuegen with her classmate. "I saw our hometown Xiangxiang, just above the big card above the overpass."

In, after Liu Xiang won the gold medal in Busan Asian Games, the old neighbors put two tables of celebration wine in the neighborhood committee. Every family has food, and the electrician is still pulling two small lights at the door. Twenty or thirty people were drinking old wine, eating side dishes and chatting with Liu Xiang. That scene still haunts Liu Xuegen and Ji Fenhua.

1 room 2, the living room is very small, only a few people can sit. Color TV, refrigerator, sofa ... Everything is configured by ordinary people.

Liu Xiang's room is on the left side of the living room, with pink sheets. At first glance, there are three World Track and Field golden league trophies on the table. There is a dressing mirror beside the bed, which is very quaint and somewhat out of tune with the whole room. The mirror can only show half a figure, because there are pictures of Liu Xiang and the medals he won in various competitions.

Ji Jihua dug out some photo albums from the bottom of the box. The big red photo album is covered with a layer of light gray, and the photos inside have turned yellow. A chubby boy is wearing a melon skin hat and grinning. ...

In fact, Ji Fenhua does not agree with his son's practice of sports, because he is distressed. "Xiang Xiang's performance has always been the top three in the class. I don't think there is any problem in being admitted to a famous university in the future. " As a traditional Shanghai woman, being at peace with her family is her greatest happiness.

/kloc-when he was 0/2 years old, Liu Xiang was still a thin "boy" and was "discovered" by the first coach Gu Baogang by accident. "His head is only half a head taller than children of the same age, and his physique is too thin. At that time, I can't judge whether he is the material for practicing track and field. After two years of observation, I found that although he is thin, his feet are flexible and fast. " Gu Baogang recalled.

At first, Liu Xiang practiced high jump, however, the turning point of fate soon appeared. In the 2008 Shanghai Youth Track and Field Competition, Liu Xiang easily won the rice championship, which made a person in the stands shine at the moment. This is Sun Haiping. Emotional harmony

It doesn't matter whether Sun Haiping made Liu Xiang or Liu Xiang made Sun Haiping. What is important is that with Sun Haiping's persistence, today's Liu Xiang has come into being.

Hurdling, whether at that time or now, is a very cold project and a high-tech project. Difficult and strenuous training makes Liu Xiang often vomit. When he lies in bed at night, the wound on the inside of his knee always hurts faintly. An accidental sprain in a competition made Ji Fenhua determined to let his son be a "normal person", and Liu Xiang left the training base with his schoolbag on his back.

"It rained heavily that day, and I took Xiang Xiang to Huashan, Sun Haiping to see my knee injury. As soon as I got off the bus, I saw coach Sun picking us up at the station with an umbrella. He was busy helping us with the audit procedures ... "Looking back now, Liu Xuegen still looked grateful. In this way, Sun Haiping used his heart to call back a star of tomorrow.

Liu Xiang is known as Sun Haiping. In his mind, he is half a father, because Sun Haiping not only trained a world champion with the methods of "efficient comprehensive training" and "multi-factor comprehensive training", but more importantly, he taught Liu Xiang how to be a man.

Liu Xiang has grown up and grown taller. Ji Fenhua especially likes shopping with his son. She likes to hear people say that Liu Xiang is tall and handsome, and then she adds, "She looks just like your mother." People used to say that this was Liu Xiang, the son of Ji Fenhua; Now, people say this is Liu Xiang's mother Ji Fenhua. In Shanghai, the children of dual-income workers are generally brought up by the older generation, and Liu Xiang is no exception. "He was brought up by his grandfather and grandmother. At that time, the situation in our family was not very good. I have to work late every day. His mother also works in the shop and often goes out early and comes back late. " In Liu Xiang, where my grandparents grew up, I have deep feelings for the elderly. My grandmother died of pancreatic cancer in. Liu Xiang took part in the hurdle race in the 9th National Games, but my grandmother saw her grandson for the last time. Liu Xiang cried, and Liu Xuegen said it was the first time to see his son cry so sadly.

That chic fur vest was given to my father at the Brussels Grand Prix. That Louis Vuitton leather bag was brought back to my mother at the World Championships in Paris. There is also a big bag of cosmetics, which is a gift for my mother after a Japanese tour ........................................................................................................................................................... "I hope my mother can be younger and more beautiful."

In China, the income of track and field athletes is not high. Even if they reach the "wrist" like Liu Xiang, "money is not the only thing." This is Liu Xiang's favorite sentence. The success of Athens made Liu Xiang rich overnight. "I don't know the exact number. For me, as long as the money is enough. " "Flying" is to prove yourself. For money, Liu Xiang's only wish is to provide his parents with a spacious apartment.

On the training ground, among a bunch of people wearing the same sportswear, Liu Xiang can recognize it at a glance, because he walks the most "drag". Liu Xiang often slacks off in training. In Liu Xuegen's words, "he trained hard, which shows that there is a problem." Even in the preparation period, Liu Xiang's daily training volume was reduced from 4 or 5 hours to 2 or 3 hours, and after running 5 laps, he would secretly lose 1 lap.

In the hurdle race, you need a little talent, and there are two kinds of talents, one is physical condition and the other is understanding. Liu Xiang relies on understanding and Sun Haiping's special guiding method. Sun Haiping only arranges 18 hours of training for Liu Xiang every week, with an average of 3 hours a day, and the preparation period will be shortened. It is this "lazy" training method that makes Liu Xiang energetic every time he goes on stage. "I am very relaxed in training. When I practice almost, I will play or chat with my teammates. " Because Liu Xiang is not a "classic" athlete, "a classic" is too easy to be broken, especially under such great pressure. Liu Xiang didn't break, he resisted.

Besides running, Liu Xiang likes singing. He always plays his favorite MP3 player. With a song "Why Love Others Behind My Back", Liu Xiang also won the first prize in the karaoke competition of Shanghai Track and Field Team. Like young people of this age, he also suffers from acne. He can run and rub it in front of the mirror with a lot of potions every day, hoping that he can be more handsome and please girls.

He would point to his golden boots and say, "I don't need them myself, they will customize them for me." Then, I touched my "toilet" head and smiled: "I don't think there is anything wrong with this hairstyle. I like student heads. "

He jumped onto the platform.

When Liu Xiang stood on the podium of the hurdles champion in Athens Olympic Games, his action was "jumping"-a big one, a bit outrageous, jumping up and "stepping" on all the black and white skin.

Leading close to two positions is a kind of conquest, complete conquest, which makes all opponents lose without doubt. 12 seconds, 9 1, tied the world record, which made Johnson feel ashamed-even if he advanced to the final, he might not be able to outrun Liu Xiang.

Liu Xiang, a yellow-skinned Asian from Shanghai, China, broke the world sprint pattern for a hundred years.

"Yes, I am the world champion today. I want everyone to see that my yellow-skinned China can fly. "

"The only regret is that I didn't beat Johnson personally in the final. Next time, I will beat him myself. "

"By the annual meeting, I will break the world record again."

"My cooperation with the coach is super perfect and super partner."

Few athletes would say such things. Even if they win the championship and break the world record, they will only say something like "Thank you coach, thank you parents" and then say "I am so excited, I don't know what to say". Yes, many people say that Liu Xiang is crazy.

Since you are young, why not go crazy?

The most important thing in hurdle race is to believe in yourself. Never follow the rhythm of others, it will disturb your own rhythm. Liu Xiang, a confident 2 1 year-old Shanghai boy, proved to the world with his own legs that anything is possible.