中国前奥运冠军、跨栏明星刘翔说，如果再严重受伤就退役。脚伤使得这位中国超级明星无法在去年8月北京夏季奥运会男子110米跨栏比赛上卫冕。他去年12月在美国接受了手术，从右脚跟腱取出4小块骨片。
刘翔星期四对中国官方英文报纸中国日报说，他如果再次受伤，用他自己的话说，就将“对这项运动说再见”。刘翔的教练孙海平对中国日报说，他怀疑刘翔可能永远不能再达到他以前的巅锋状态。
孙海平说，刘翔可能重新达到身体最佳状况，怀疑但是这位25岁的运动员是否能恢复以前心理状态。他还说，刘翔如果再受伤，继续他的运动生涯则没有意义。
Former Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang of China says he will retire from the sport if he is seriously injured again. A foot injury prevented the Chinese superstar from defending his title in the men’s 110 meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics last August. He had surgery in the United States in December to remove four small pieces of bone from his right Achilles tendon.
Liu said Thursday (to the state-run “China Daily”) that he would, in his words, “say goodbye to the sport” if he is injured again. His coach told the paper he doubts that the former world champion will ever again reach his previous best level of performance.
The coach, Sun Haiping, said Liu might regain his peak physical fitness, but questioned whether the 25-year-old athlete could recover his mental resilience. Sun added there would be no point in Liu continuing his career if he is injured again.