Liu Xiang, gold medalist in the men's 110-m hurdles at the Athens Olympics, finds himself in a media scrum on Wednesday as he attends the opening ceremony of the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing.

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Guan Xiaomeng graduated from the Beijing Normal University with double degrees on English and French in 2005.

She joined China Daily thereafter and covers mainly sports news.

She can be reached at guanxm@chinadaily.com.cn.

Dong Wei joined China Daily in 2008 and has covered various issues nationwide and overseas.

He can be reached at dongwei@chinadaily.com.cn.