Perhaps the biggest surprise of the Shanghai meet (alongside Coburn's steeple win) was Xie of China's home soil win in the 110m hurdles.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ubU_sPMis0Q
He defeated David Oliver amongst others. I wonder if he is the first of a generation of Chinese children who grew up watching Liu Xiang to join the ranks if pro hurdlers. I recall that Robles spoke highly of the young Chinese hurdlers prior to this meet
Wow, I would have completely missed that if I didn't visit this thread. Very awesome. I still want Liu Xiang to make a heroic comeback but we all know that is kind of a stretch.
Liu Xiang is on the comeback trail! There was an article a month or two back where he said he was about to resume real hurdle training. He's younger than David Oliver!
My sense that a bunch of folks from North America were jet lagged. Not just David Oliver, but Ryan Wilson ran much faster at Mt. Sac. It wouldn't surprise me if Aleec Harris of USC (13.32 at Mt Sac) runs a faster time in the Pac-12 championships today than the hurdlers at Shanghai.
China,in fact all of Asia has huge reservoir of untapped talent.Interesting
that the only non black to dip under 13 seconds in the hurdles is Asian.
I have always believed that outside of people of African descent,Asians
are the most athletic.
Yeah, they could have been jet lagged, but still you don't run 13.28 into a headwind on good looks. Xie looked good, I dont think he tipped a single hurdle, a la Xiang (though he doesn't look as smooth as Xiang but hopefully that will come!)
Asia is full of untapped potential. I really think all China needs is concerted interest and they could be a threat in any discipline of athletics. There have been several good Asian jumpers, and Sprintgeezer used to say when China took their long jump types and put them in the sprints some pretty great things could happen
With 100-110 million 15 to 25 year old Chinese males to draw from huge is bordering on understatement.
lpd wrote:
China,in fact all of Asia has huge reservoir of untapped talent.Interesting
that the only non black to dip under 13 seconds in the hurdles is Asian.
I have always believed that outside of people of African descent,Asians
are the most athletic.
Harris of USC and Davis of TAMU both ran 13.35 in their conference championships. For Harris, that is Pac-12 and facility record, and he outperformed his coach in Shanghai, who happens to be the defending WC silver medalist. I don't think either Harris or Davis will have any real competition until the NCAA finals, so it's conceivable that both could have won in Shanghai.
If Liu ran a 60 or 100 against somebody like Terrence Trammell, he would have been annihilated, and there's a limit to how far you can get on "practice, practice, practice" if the other guys like Robles and Merritt simply have more pure talent.
Now get this: At the Pac-12s today, Aaron Brown ran 20.26 into -2.1 and that converts into easily the fastest time in the world and possibly sub-19.8 with +2.0. And that comes after prelims of both 100 and 200 yesterday , and winning the 4X1 and 100m today. Also, the track at Washington State is not exactly the rival of Shanghai. The Canadians may have themselves a 200m medal threat for next year.
Not as surprising as the Egyptian who chucked the spear 89.21.
Xie Wenjun records another international victory, running 13.31 (+0.1) at the Beijing IAAF World Challenge, taking the scalps of Ryan Wilson and Dayron Robles
I think Liu is returning this season as well
happychineseboy wrote:
I think Liu is returning this season as well
From what I've read it sounds like Liu us waiting until next year to make his return, so as not to risk anything.
Wenjun is coached by the same man as Liu
ONLY with the advent of wide-spread
IGF-1 LR3 use in athletics have we seen the emergense
of many top quality male chinese athletes.
WHICH COUNTRY MASS PRODUCES THIS PED !!!!!!!!!
WHO WAS THE VERY FIRST ATHLETE TO BENEFIT HEAVILY FROM IT
LIU XIANG
IF PED is used then US has no equals, their are world first class like X-men movies: Tyson Gay, Flo-Jo, Aries Merrit, Carls Lewis,Armstrong and a long lists of sportpersons personalities!!! Justin Gaitlin is reformed abuser! US is no.1 in sport science remember! sports is big dollars.
