Word: hurdler
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...Across the sea, 21-year-old Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang has adopted an equally idiosyncratic approach to preparing for the 110-m hurdles. "Plenty of mushrooms and seafood," the Shanghai native confides. "In traditional Chinese medicine, these foods are famous for giving you extra energy." With the aid of fish and fungi, Liu beat American multiple-world-title holder Allen Johnson with an Asian-record time of 13.06 seconds at a Grand Prix event in Osaka in May, and he continued his mastery with a pair of victories in Europe a month later. Liu's triumphs even persuaded the Chinese...
...local newspaper during his high school playing days in Lawrence, Mass., Murphy frequently outperforms those with even the cleanest bills of health. Whatever hardships the diabetic in Murphy has encountered have usually given way to the fearless side of him, the side that literally leaps over obstacles as a hurdler for Harvard’s track teams...
Grant and Siilats made this the third straight year two Harvard women have won individual ECAC Outdoor titles. High jumper Dora Gyorffy ’01 and 400-hurdler Brenda Taylor ’01 pulled off the feat in 2000 and 2001. The pair also went on to win NCAA titles in their respective events...
...Huskies surged to a lead after the sprint events, as only freshman hurdler Eleanor Thompson won an event. Her time of 8.57 in the 55-meter hurdles was good enough to hold off two Northeastern runners...
With its slip-sliding Jamaicans and Monaco's Prince Albert occasionally in a can, bobsleigh, as Olympianados call it, has long seemed a silly sport. There's always some wacky thing going on, like the track melting in Calgary or summer-sports stars like hurdler Edwin Moses trying to hitch a ride to a medal. This year was going to be different. This year, since women would be competing for the first time and since some of the best women sliders were from the U.S., Americans would be engaged by a fair, clean and friendly competition. Congenial. Sweet...