China: Liu Xiang is after all still a hero

Posted 19 August 2008 5:01 GMT

Countries	China
Topics	Health, Sport, Media & Journalism
Languages	English
Special	Olympics

This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All Posts

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“There are heroes in this world, but there are no supermen. And the hero is not necessarily the person who wins the gold medal.” My1510's Rose Luqiu looks at the psychology of Liu's withdrawal, both from the perspective of athlete and audience: Liu Xiang and the Media, translated by Roland Soong at EastSouthWestNorth.

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