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Liu Xiang fails to make IOC Athletes' Commission
Xinhua
Updated: 2008-08-21 17:50
Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang didn't make it to the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission on Thursday.
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This file photo taken on November 2, 2005 shows Liu Xiang of China waving to the crowd after the men's 110 meter hurdles final at the 4th East Asian Games in Macau. [Agencies]
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Liu, the 2004 Olympic champion who pulled out of the 110m race injured on Monday, isn't on the list of the newly-elected members, who are Russian swimming legend Alexander Popov, South Korean taekwondo star Moon Dae-sung, German fencer Claudia Bokel and Cuban volleyballer Yumilka Ruiz Luaces.
