Liu Xiang teaches quake students to run hurdles ahead of quake anniversary

Source: Xinhua | 05-11-2009 17:03

CHENGDU, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang Monday visited students in a primary school

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang waves a flag at a primary school  in quake-hit Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan  province, Monday May 11, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)

in Beichuan County, a hard-hit area in last year's devastating May 12 earthquake, and showed them how to run hurdles.

Liu, 25 and once the world champion of 110-meter hurdling, made his visit to Sichuan Province to mark the first anniversary of the disaster, which falls on Tuesday.

The gold medalist in the Athens Olympic Games in 2004 had a physical education class with students of Ping'an Hope Primary School on a 40-meter-long and 4-meter-wide aisle between the school's prefabricated buildings.