Olympic champion Liu to skip Golden League for Olympics

时间：2007-12-29 08:20:49

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Dec.28 - China's Athens Olympic champion Liu Xiang will skip next year's Golden League series and focus mostly on the Beijing Olympics, local media reported on Thursday.

 

"The Golden League Oslo stop will clash1 with other competitions on our schedule, and the Rome and Paris stops will be so close to the Olympic Games, so we have decided2 not to take part," Liu's coach, Sun Haiping, was quoted as saying on the China Daily.

 

Liu, who keeps the world record of the men's 110 meters hurdles3 at 12.88 seconds and is China's main hope for an athletics4 gold in 2008, will use the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain as his first warm-up tournament next year.

 

The 24-year-old will kick off his outdoor competitions in Osaka followed by a test event at the 2008 Olympics athletics venue5 in Beijing in May, said Sun.

 

After a few warm-up meets in Europe and the United States, Liu will remain in Beijing from the end of June to focus on his preparations for the Olympics.

 
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1 clash hOfzg     
vi.冲突，不协调，砰地相撞；n.冲突，不协调
参考例句：
  • There is a clash between two classes at 2 p.m. on Thursday.星期四下午两点有两堂课是冲突的。
  • The pot came down on the stone floor with a clash.锅“当”地一声掉到石地上。
2 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
3 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
4 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。
5 venue ALkzr     
n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点
参考例句：
  • The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
  • The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

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