Beloved Hurdler Liu Xiang Injures Achilles Again
By Gabe Zaldivar (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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Chinese Hurdler Repeats Beijing Heartache
by Craig Christopher
Few people will ever experience the sort of pressure that China’s Liu Xiang faces every time he goes out to race the men’s 110-meter hurdles. The 2004 Athens gold medalist is a giant in China... Read More »
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5 Burning T&F Questions Finally Answered
by Red Shannon
With the 2012 Summer Games less than four months away, pundits are already predicting podium positions. Third-world nations are pinning their hopes on Olympic delegations totaling one—maybe two—athletes to bring home a medal... Read More »
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Track & Field World Championships Preview: 25 International Athletes to Watch
by Austin L. Burton
This is the pageantry of the Super Bowl, the tension of the World Series and the individual pressure of The Masters. This is the most major of the major track meets, at least until the next Olympic year... Read More »
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Prefontaine Classic Preview: Liu Xiang vs. David Oliver
by Red Shannon
Several sources are now reporting the imminent re-match of one of the most exciting rivalries in track and field—and no, we're not talking Usain Bolt vs.Tyson Gay... Read More »
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The 10 Worst Mishaps of All-Time (with Video)
by Christopher Chavez
Track and Field is one of the oldest sports in the world and is still appreciated today. Usain Bolt may have been the one man that helped revive the sport by putting on a show at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing... Read More »
Previews/Predictions
Huge Hurdles Showdown: Liu Xiang vs 'Expectations'
by Red Shannon
Editorial note by author - the following article is now a moot point as Liu Xiang pulled up lame at his first-round race early Monday. He suffered a complication from a chronic ankle injury and was unable to continue...
