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Liu: China's tragedy
Right: Liu in pain before the start of the race. The Chinese superstar limped out of the
stadium in front of 91,000 people after pulling up
Above: a member of the
Olympics security staff after Liu’s departure. Liu’s coach Sun
Haiping burst into tears during a press conference after the event
Liu’s exit from the Games is a crushing blow to China’s 1.3bn people who were desperate to see him repeat his Athens 2004 gold-medal winning performance