史东鹏：北京奥运会上能超过刘翔吗

The runner-up to Liu Xiang at the East Asian Games said he could have beaten the Olympic champion if he hadn't made a mistake%26#46;

"I started too fast and hit the first hurdle%26#46; If I didn't make that mistake I could have been first," said the 21-year-old, who clocked 13%26#46;36 seconds for the 110m hurdles silver after a false start%26#46;

Liu Xiang smoothly cleared all the hurdles to win the gold in 13%26#46;21 seconds, well off his world record of 12%26#46;91%26#46; "Of course I need to improve my run%26#46; But today's performance is okay," said Shi%26#46;

The East Asian Games was the third time Shi challenged Liu in two months%26#46; In the Asian championships in September, Liu won the gold in 13%26#46;30 seconds, followed by Shi in 13%26#46;44%26#46; In last month's Chinese National Games in Nanjing, Liu triumphed in 13%26#46;10 and Shi finished second in 13%26#46;44%26#46;

The 22-year-old Liu became one of China's biggest celebrities after winning China's first ever Olympic men's athletics gold and leveled the world record in the Athens Olympics last year%26#46; His top time this year is 13%26#46;05 seconds, which is 0%26#46;08 seconds behind this season's best 12%26#46;97 set by Frenchman Ladji Doucoure, who beat Liu into second in the world championships%26#46;

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