China's Olympic gold medal-winning hurdler Liu Xiang announced his retirement on Tuesday, ending a run in the sport marked by records and frustrated by successive late-career injuries.

本周二，中国奥运冠军、跨栏选手刘翔宣布退役。他的职业生涯里收获了各项纪录，但在末期却被一系列伤病拖垮。

Liu, 31, became an icon in China after he won the country's first Olympic men's track and field gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles in Athens in 2004. He also won a world championship in 2007 and held the world record in 2006 with a time of 12.88 seconds.

今年31岁的刘翔获得了2004年雅典奥运会110米栏冠军，这是中国有史以来第一块奥运会男子田径项目金牌，从此刘翔成为了中国的标志人物。此外他还获得了2007年的世锦赛冠军，并在2006年以12秒88的成绩打破世界纪录。

"I'm retiring. I want to start a new journey," Liu said in a message posted to his microblog, blaming injury for his decision. "Though I still have hot blood pumping through my heart, my leg has time and again told me no."

刘翔发布了微博，宣布因伤退役。“我要‘退休’了，我要开始一段新的旅程。“虽然我的心中仍有热血，但我的脚却一次次对我说不。

One of China's most popular athletes, his gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics brought him fame and fortune rivalled only by basketball player Yao Ming but also made his life more like that of a rock star and placed a huge burden of expectation on him.

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