Liu quitted men's 110m hurdles first round due to injury.
Today it is fine and sunny though it was a little cloudy in the early morning. As usual, everything went well. In the afternoon, my daughter finished practising another two consonant phonemes. She did not any better in it. And during all the other hours, we were watching the Olympic events on TV, and we were happy that our player compatriots did marvelous performances at Olymipcs.
After a false start, Liu Xiang, the world and Olympic champion and our nation’s best hope of an athletics gold medal, he stumbled forward for a few paces and girmaced in pain, obviously hindered by the injury to his right foot. Then he hobbled down the tunnel and walked away into the blocks, leaving a packed Bird’s Nest Stadium in stunned silence. So his dream of defending his Olympic title on home soil ended when he failed to start his first-round heat in the 110m hurdles.
Tonight we bagged four golds in three different events.
Our gymnast Chen Yibing claimed men’s rings gold, the second gold in this event in our country’s gymnastic history. It tool us 24 years to make the achievement after the sport’s legend Li Ning brought the first rings gold at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. During the game, Chen, who made his Olympic debut, remained quite calm in the final despite chants of “Come on” from home fans. Showing no slight sign of shivers, he moved easily from one position to another and put an end to the routine with a solid landing. The next-to-perfect performance won the hearts of judges and secured his leading position with a high score. His teammate Yang Wei settled the silver.
Another gymnast He Kexin claimed the women’s uneven bars title with 16.725 points . A USA player also collected 16.725 points, but she had to stand second according to a tiebreak (act quality) rule. Her teammate Yang Yilin got the bronze. In the just-finished women’s trampoline event, He Wenna claimed the title, which is the first Olympic gold in this event and the 38th gold of our delegation.
The most amazing moment of this night is that our delegation claimed the men's team table tennis title. We lifted the men's Olympic team table tennis crown after downing European powerhouse Germany 3-0 in the final. Our players, Ma Lin, Wang Hao and Wang Liqin, who are ladden with champions, met little resistence from German challengers who went all out to foil us and failed. Our supremacy was never in doubt as both the men's and women's teams their way into the final with unbeaten runs.
Tonight we bagged four golds in three different events.
Our gymnast Chen Yibing claimed men’s rings gold, the second gold in this event in our country’s gymnastic history. It tool us 24 years to make the achievement after the sport’s legend Li Ning brought the first rings gold at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. During the game, Chen, who made his Olympic debut, remained quite calm in the final despite chants of “Come on” from home fans. Showing no slight sign of shivers, he moved easily from one position to another and put an end to the routine with a solid landing. The next-to-perfect performance won the hearts of judges and secured his leading position with a high score. His teammate Yang Wei settled the silver.
Another gymnast He Kexin claimed the women’s uneven bars title with 16.725 points . A USA player also collected 16.725 points, but she had to stand second according to a tiebreak (act quality) rule. Her teammate Yang Yilin got the bronze. In the just-finished women’s trampoline event, He Wenna claimed the title, which is the first Olympic gold in this event and the 38th gold of our delegation.
The most amazing moment of this night is that our delegation claimed the men's team table tennis title. We lifted the men's Olympic team table tennis crown after downing European powerhouse Germany 3-0 in the final. Our players, Ma Lin, Wang Hao and Wang Liqin, who are ladden with champions, met little resistence from German challengers who went all out to foil us and failed. Our supremacy was never in doubt as both the men's and women's teams their way into the final with unbeaten runs.
We are all proud of our players' fantastic performances in the Olympic Games.
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