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Liu Xiang cautious on Osaka prospect

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Aug. 28 - China's hurdles¹ world record holder² showed typical humility³ when he said he'd be satisfied with a medal finish at this week's World Athletics⁴ Championships in Japan.

Men's 110m star Liu Xiang was coy about his prospects⁵ at the biggest competition before the Beijing Olympics in a press conference in Osaka on Sunday.

"To be honest, my goal is to make the top three," he said.

But the lanky⁶ athlete's reticence⁷ defies the fact he is hot favorite to win Friday's final race.

Many expect him to set a new world record, breaking the 12.88-second mark he set in Lausanne last summer.

Liu became a hero overnight when he became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic track and field title at the Athens Games in 2004.

This week's meet is the sixth time the 24-year-old has run in Osaka, where he won gold at a World Athletics Tour event in May, six years after he blitzed the 2001 East Asian Games.

But the Shanghai express remains⁸ modest as always.

"The previous five times are different from this one," he said.

"This is a meet for the world's fastest - everybody wants to win."

Coach Sun Haiping admitted that Liu had only just recovered from a fever.

While the star is short of top form, his coach expects him to feature among the fastest three in the race.

Liu defeated a number of world-class US hurdlers in New York in June with a 2007 world best of 12.92 seconds, the fifth fastest time in history.

Olympic silver medalist American Terrence Trammell posted 12.95, the year's second best time.

Other rivals include France's defending world champion Ladji Doucoure and Cuban Dayron Robles.

The former ran his personal best of 13.06 seconds in 2004 and the latter 13 flat in 2006.

Liu refused to comment on his rivals, who he considers friends.

The men's 110m hurdles heats begin on Wednesday followed by Thursday's semifinal before Friday's final showdown.

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1 hurdles
n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛
参考例句：
In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。来自《简明英汉词典》 There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。来自辞典例句

2 holder
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
参考例句：
The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。 That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

3 humility
n.谦逊，谦恭
参考例句：
Humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。 His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和，甚至有点谦卑。

4 athletics
n.运动，体育，田径运动
参考例句：
When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。 Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

5 prospects
n.希望，前途(恒为复数)
参考例句：
There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。 They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

6 lanky
adj.瘦长的
参考例句：
He was six feet four,all lanky and leggy.他身高6英尺4英寸，瘦高个儿，大长腿。 Tom was a lanky boy with long skinny legs.汤姆是一个腿很细的瘦高个儿。

7 reticence
n.沉默，含蓄
参考例句：
He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story.他打破了平时一贯沈默寡言的习惯，把事情原原本本都告诉了我。 He always displays a certain reticence in discussing personal matters.他在谈论个人问题时总显得有些保留。

8 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

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