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NYTimes.com - An injury forced Liu Xiang to withdraw from competition. Jimmy Wang gets reactions from the streets of Beijing.

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  • I find this funny. It's like the Chinese feel as through Liu Xiang owes it to them to run. In America Michael Phelps, Jeremy Wariner, and Alan Webb train 365 days a year for themselves only if they are lucky enough endure during qualifying rounds can they compete for their country. The athletes do all the work alone, they earned the right to wear their nations colors they owe no one anything more than themselves.

  • This is stupid as hell. These people know nothing about injures. I ran the 110 and 300m in high school and i had constant achillies tendonitis. So i decided to "suck it up" during regions and i ended up completely ripping my achillies, I ended up having survey and missed a whole season in track. I was really dissapointed especilly my coach.

  • If you are an athlete, you will know that you can not just "suck it up" and do it anyways - it will only make the injury worse. He did what he had to.

    And for your information, why would he even pretend? why would you even consider he would pretend? this is one of the biggest events EVER to come across in his life and he would do anything for it. So if he doesn't do it..he's not pretending.

  • Li Geng can go and try too hurdle with injury himself, lets see how well that goes.

  • Li Geng is a moron. His story is like this.

    Mummy, do I have to be in the Olympics?

    Oh honey go run the race!

    I'll fake it!

  • grown up, people! If you were an Olympian, will you pretend and miss such kind of big event, especially at your homeland? I feel sorry for people who are assuming he is pretending. I'd rather suggest those people to "Get a Life"

  • Pretending my ass! Idiots!

  • Why did the little boy get a female voice over?

  • @historico69 Yeah Greedy Americans

  • i like how they have a girl talk for the little boy yu he

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