Liu ready to retire if injured again

China Daily | Updated: 2009-02-26 07:57

Liu Xiang clears a hurdle during a training session last August in Beijing. Inset: Liu poses with his gold medal after winning the men's 60m hurdles at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Valencia last March. The reigning world champion, who is recovering from surgery on his right Achilles' tendon, said recently he would choose to retire if he gets injured again. Zhongti/Reuters

Olympic gold medalist hurdler Liu Xiang will retire if he is dealt another serious injury like the one that forced him to withdraw from the Beijing Games, the Chinese pin-up said over the weekend.