Coach: Liu Xiang confident of winning in Osaka

时间：2007-08-15 08:42:40

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Liu Xiang
 
BEIJING, Aug. 15 - A Chinese saying suggested that if you have failed three times, you are sure to make it in the fourth.

 

So Sun Haiping, long-time coach of men's 110m hurdles1 Olympic champion Liu Xiang, has every reason to believe that his disciple2 can win the title at the Osaka world championships to be held from Aug. 25-Sept. 2.

 

"We have a very big chance to win there," Sun told reporters after a news conference. "I have never been more confident before a world championships."

 

Liu, who also holds the world record of 12.88 seconds, has competed in three world championships. As a first timer of only 18 years old, he was eliminated3 in the second round at Edmonton in 2001. He then won a bronze at Paris in 2003 and took the silver at Helsinki two years ago.

 

"We are going there to bring home the gold medal. We want it very much. Liu Xiang will try our best to this end," Sun said.

 

Liu, who did not show up at the news conference, has been training in Beijing in the past few weeks and his form is at "80 percent of his best," Sun said.

 

"He told me yesterday that he felt nearly perfect," Sun said.

 

Winning the title might be very possible, but breaking his own record is very difficult, Sun said.

 

The 24-year-old Liu set the world record in the Lausanne Grand Prix in July 2007.

 

"You will have to run three rounds in the world championships, unlike the Grand Prix," he said. "So the top priority4 is to win, not to break the world record."

 

If Liu won the gold, it would be the first world champion in eight years for Chinese athletics5. China won their last world title in the 1999 Seville worlds thanks to their women's walker Liu Hongyu.

 

China will send 60 athletes -- 25 men and 35 women, to the Osaka worlds and only Liu has a serious chance of winning a gold.

 

Feng Shuyong, general coach of the Chinese team, said that their goal is to have more athletes in the top eight than last time.

 

"I also hope 35 percent of these athletes can achieve their personal best in Osaka. As for Liu Xiang, I hope he can run inside13 seconds, which I believe can earn him the gold."

 

He said that all the athletes have signed a "responsibility deal" with the Chinese Athletics Association6. But he refused to disclose7 the details.

 

China won two gold medals from track and field in the Athens Olympic Games. Besides Liu Xiang's, Xing Huina won the women's 10,000m race by surprise. But Xing, who has been plagued with injuries for a long time, will not compete in Osaka.

 

"She suffered a recurrence8 of injuries," Feng said.

 

China, who won four middle and long-distance gold medals in the1993 world championships in Sttutgart, will have no athletes in these events in Osaka.

 

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1 hurdles ef026c612e29da4e5ffe480a8f65b720     
n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛
参考例句：
  • In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句
2 disciple LPvzm     
n.信徒，门徒，追随者
参考例句：
  • Your disciple failed to welcome you.你的徒弟没能迎接你。
  • He was an ardent disciple of Gandhi.他是甘地的忠实信徒。
3 eliminated 032189ce07b823e109b2d94e716d61d4     
v.排除( eliminate的过去式和过去分词 )；消除；除掉；干掉
参考例句：
  • He was eliminated in the first round of voting. 他在第一轮投票中被淘汰。
  • Her misspelling of that word eliminated her from the contest. 因为她把那个单词写错了，所以不能参加比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 priority qQ1xB     
n.优先处理的事，居先，优先（权）
参考例句：
  • The development of the national economy is a top priority.发展国民经济是应予以最优先考虑的事。
  • Things should be taken up in order of priority.办事应有个先后次序。
5 athletics rO8y7     
n.运动，体育，田径运动
参考例句：
  • When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
  • Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。
6 association 6O1yp     
n.联盟，协会，社团；交往，联合；联想
参考例句：
  • Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.我方和贵公司的长期合作带来了巨大的利益。
  • I broke away from the association ten years ago.我10年前就脱离了那个团体。
7 disclose DuUxK     
vt.揭露，泄露，透露
参考例句：
  • Science can disclose the mysteries of nature.科学能解开自然界的奥秘。
  • Neither side would disclose details of the transaction.双方均不肯披露交易细节。
8 recurrence ckazKP     
n.复发，反复，重现
参考例句：
  • More care in the future will prevent recurrence of the mistake.将来的小心可防止错误的重现。
  • He was aware of the possibility of a recurrence of his illness.他知道他的病有可能复发。

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