At the Beijing Olympics, China's brightest hope for an athletics gold medal had to pull out, dashing the expectations of some 90,000 spectators at the Bird's Nest stadium.
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Decline at biggest UK puffin site ... 110-metre hurdler Liu Xiang said the world record holder had a foot injury and couldn't start his preliminary heat. The first gold medal of the day went to Australian triathlete, Emma Snowsill.
(Deutsche Welle)
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