Liu Xiang – was defeated by Ares Merritt

Ares Merritt turned out to the champion, which was beyond Liu Xiang's expectation. Although there are many times to compete against each other, however Liu Xiang never pay attention to this opponent. This time, right - Road Merritt brought Liu Xiang big trouble. The situation is somewhat like the Daegu World Championships, Liu Xiang and Robert Naples station.  At that time, Liu Xiang had to take too much things into considered. The starting gun will not be slow? The small speakers on the starting blocks will ring? Which leg Merritt will use to hurdle? Should the starting blocks on the runway put on which side? Before setting foot on the starting blocks, everything should be arranged, which will need improvisation. However, thousands of operators, it is difficult to count to Merritt ran a 0.135 - second for the start reaction.

"I feel he start very fast, what I felt was to catch him, but it was in such a hurry." As a result, Lauding showed only 0.167 seconds of starting reaction, there is a big gap between the fastest reactions, 0.108 seconds. The start of backward was leading to the final fail and became the key reason for the defeat. "I'm in a hurry and I had to accept that I was influenced by the impact of Merritt."On the mixed zone interview, Liu Xiang was the first time frankly to admit that he has been disrupted.

It is rare to see that in the past, even to touch bar are very rare cases, it is not difficult to imagine that Liu Xiang would be anxious enough that such errors would appear. He was too eager to obtain this indoor World Championships gold medal. When the results table was showing the results of Liu Xiang, 7.49 seconds, silver metal, Liu Xiang admitted: "To be honest, I was really anxious, there is no other reason but my own problem."

Not chosen to do doping urine and out from the Control Center after the game, Liu Xiang was back in front of reporters. At the moment, he has taken on a black suit, as if match with the loss. “This defeat gave me a lesson.” He said, “I need to be more prudent and keep a good attitude in the future.” After that, Liu Xiang walked away with the steady pace, as if there is no bleeding wound, however that lonely figure clearly revealed his broken heart, perhaps the blood flow in the heart of Liu Xiang.

Merritt, the first time to achieve his first World Series championship in his career, behaved very excited, and Liu Xiang was very calm and congratulated the opponent to win, "His personal best score is 7.34 seconds, almost the same with me, he was powerful enough to win."