Liu Xiang of China wins 110-meter hurdles

Liu Xiang of China, the men's 110-meter hurdles world record-holder, won his race in 13.23 seconds, 0.04 ahead of American Ryan Wilson. He is now looking forward to next month's world championships in Osaka, Japan. "I am confident for the world championships and of course will try my best to do well in the competition," he said. (WCSN, WCSN.com)

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[5674trackrunner]

Lui Xiang rocks! hes the best in the hurdles, and hes asian, im asian and im a runner, im praticing on the 400m.

[TheChristGeneration]

Liu Xiang has the best form.

[TheTumblingGirl]

how did i go from cheerleading to THIS?

[BillyManchisi]

i got clocked in high school at 14 seconds

[kanoabomb]

watching this video I found myself thinking "GO ASIAN, GO!"

[Yonschnee]

i used to have a fear of hurdles. then i got over it.

[agentphi]

It can make sense if you take generalisations from experience to get a more complete picture. I can say that blacks excel in power and strength; sports requiring explosive power like boxing, sprinting, basketball. Whites are better at stuff requiring a heavy sustained effort... cycling, rowing, tennis, can be quite graceful, good at strategy and planning (incluing war). Asians have better finesse (ping pong, badmington). And yes, there is a general difference between races.

[biscuitmancollin]

@agentphi i didn't call what you said racist, i just think that it's a broad generalization that holds little credibility and doesn't make a lot of sense. i doubt the average vertical jump of sedentary adults differentiates significantly between races. or teenagers/kids for that matter.

[agentphi]

@biscuitmancollin But of course, what you say is relative to other races. There is nothing wrong with generalising the characteristics of particular races. It's only bad and racist if you think that a certain characteristic is somehow indicative that your race is superior to others

[agentphi]

@biscuitmancollin If you were generalising there, I would have to agree with you. Obviously, there are always going to be exceptions to every generalisation.

[biscuitmancollin]

@agentphi black people have AIDS, white people throw up too much, chinese people have leukemia, aborigine people are twins, black people eat sand, white people have extra fingers, black people fuck dogs, white people eat dogs, chinese people marry dogs, japanese people live underground, black people cut their hair off and claim to be a hobbit, gary coleman is a catfish.

[biscuitmancollin]

@agentphi So can we say Usain Bolt was slow, because at one point in time he may have been "slow". He probably couldn't run very fast with a broken leg.