Defending Olympic champion Liu Xiang could be seen in the advertisement every day, because of his big bets with Coca-Cola and Meng Niu. Almost everyone hopes Liu to win men's 110m hurdles gold medal. However, recently, we neither see him in the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, nor in any media’s interview. People guess that Liu xiang’s coach made his great effort on pursuer control.

Unfortunately, Liu Xiang pulled out of the men's 110m hurdles first round Monday morning at the Beijing Olympics.

Liu's head coach Sun Haiping said in a post-race press conference, "His right heel injury has been a long problem since six years ago, even before the Athens Olympics." Sun Haiping broke down in tears at the press conference while hailing his student as a “fighter”. “He has kept fighting and continued to fight until the last moment.”said Sun.