英语报道格式：Liu Xiang：Dark Horse in the Athens Olympics.Liu Xiang ， born on July 13， 1983 in Shanghai， China， is a Chinese hurdling athlete.In 2002， Liu launched his career in fine style by winning the first IAAF （国际业余田径联合会） Grand Prix in Lausanne with a world youth and Asian record time of 13.12 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles.He has since made the finals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. Two of the three cases has seen American hurdling great Allen Johnson take the major prize， but in the last in May at Osaka， Liu managed to beat Johnson with an Asian-record time of 13.06 seconds.Still young， Liu has improved steadily， and won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 110 meters hurdles event. In the final， he equaled the world record of 12.91 seconds held since 1993 by Colin Jackson of Wales. This is the first time an athlete of non-African descent has dipped under 13 seconds for the 110 meter hurdles.翻译：刘翔：雅典奥运会的黑马。刘翔，1983年7月13日出生于中国上海，是一名中国跨栏运动员。2002年，刘翔以出色的风格开始了他的职业生涯，赢得了第一届国际田联冠军(国际业余田径联合会） 洛桑大奖赛，110米栏世界青年和亚洲纪录13.12秒。此后，他参加了国际田联田径世锦赛和国际田联田径室内世锦赛的决赛。三个案例中有两个是美国跨栏健将艾伦·约翰逊获得主要奖项，但在5月大阪的最后一场比赛中，刘翔以13.06秒的亚洲纪录击败了约翰逊。刘翔仍然年轻，成绩稳步提高，并在2004年夏季奥运会上获得110米栏金牌。在决赛中，他追平了威尔士的科林·杰克逊自1993年以来保持的12秒91的世界纪录。这是第一次非非洲人后裔的运动员他在110米栏的成绩低于13秒。
