劉翔 運動巨星飛翔的夢想之外 壓力幾何
Liu Xiang's Beijing pull-out sent China into deep shock
劉翔在北京奧運會上因傷退賽給中國人帶來極大震動Chinese hurdler falls from grace
中國跨欄運動員優雅不再China's most-watched athlete is returning to the Olympic track four years after his hopes for gold were crushed in Beijing.
中國聲望最高的運動員已經來到倫敦奧運賽場上，準備重拾四年前在北京奧林匹克公園賽道上碎落一地的奪金希望。
Liu Xiang, who won a gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics, is competing in the men's 110m hurdle competition. Heats take place on Tuesday.
劉在2004年雅典奧運會上爲中國贏得首枚田徑項目奧運獎牌的運動員正在進行男子1110米跨欄比賽。激烈的比賽從週二開始。Millions of his compatriots will be willing him on, hoping he can put his Beijing Olympic nightmare behind him.
數以百萬的追隨者都希望他能拋開北京奧運會上的噩夢，重新撐起一片新天地。Then fans watched in shock as he walked out of the Bird's Nest stadium at the very last minute due to leg and heel injuries.
當時劉翔在比賽開始前的最後一分鐘因爲腳踝和大腿拉傷退賽，他的追隨者眼睜睜地看着這位金牌運動員從鳥巢中蹇足而出。His distraught coach, Sun Haiping, told journalists that the athlete had been "fighting and fighting until the last moment" but ultimately could not run.
他的隨身教練孫海平告訴記者說“他已經盡力了”但很明顯不能再繼續比賽。The nation mourned the untimely end of their brightest star's medal dreams.
幾乎所有中國人都在爲這個突然間破碎的冠軍夢悲聲難掩。Liu underwent nearly four months of surgery and treatment in the US, before his return to the track in late 2009. The 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games were seen as the point by which he had fully recovered.
在美國接受了爲期4個月的治療之後，劉翔才於2009年再次返回賽場。在2010年的廣州亞運會上，劉翔被認爲已經完全康復。Now, at the age of 28, the Shanghai-born superstar is about to experience high pressure again as he sets foot in Stratford's Olympic Park.
現在這位28歲的上海運動巨星將再次面臨同樣的壓力，不同的是地點不再是北京，而是斯坦福德奧林公園體育館。我們姑且拭目以待。
