42 years ago today, on July 13, 1983 (June 4, 1983 lunar calendar), Liu Xiang, an outstanding talented track and field athlete in Chinese sports, was born. Liu Xiang, born on July 13, 1983 in Putuo District, Shanghai, was a 110-meter hurdles athlete of the Chinese men's track and field team. In the history of Chinese sports track and field, it is also the first athlete in the history of Asian track and field to combine multiple honors such as Olympic champion, indoor and outdoor world championship champion, IAAF Grand Prix finals champion, and world record holder. In 2004, Liu Xiang tied the world record set by British player Colin Jackson in 12.91 seconds at the Athens Olympics and won the championship. In 2006, in the Lausanne Track and Field Super Grand Prix in Switzerland, he broke the world record for 13 years with a time of 12.88 seconds. In June 2012, he ranked first in the world 110-meter hurdles, and Liu Xiang regained the top position after a lapse of five years. On August 7, 2012, in the men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries of the London Olympic Games, Liu Xiang finished the Olympic competition due to injury. On February 3, 2015, Liu Xiang served as the promotion ambassador of the Beijing IAAF World Athletics Championships. On the afternoon of April 7, 2015, Liu Xiang officially announced his retirement on Weibo.