Xiang Liu has successful surgery

[bambam]

I certainly respect your opinion bambam but I sure hope you are wrong. Liu is such a talent it would be tragic if he never returned to top form.

(and way off topic but I am finally over frozen shoulder-blessed relief!)

I hope I'm wrong, too, and I would not be embarrassed at all if I am. But for a world-class hurdler or jumper, I can't think of a worse injury than something requiring Achilles' surgery.

[tandfman]

Liu now says that if he's injured again, he'll retire. Story now in T&FN home page headlines section.

[tandfman]

Recovery proceeding slowly. Return to competition won't be before September. Story in T&FN home page headlines section (scroll down).

[knite]

Wasn't he the defending champ at this summer's WC's ?

[tandfman]

He is the reigning World Champion, but it appears that he won't be able to defend that title.