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Responses to Chinese hurdler's fall
Oct 11, 2012
Chinese fans were stunned by Liu Xiang's fall in his Olympics 110 metre hurdles heat, with some sympathetic, others disappointed, still others angry and some suspicious about the circumstances of his failure. But how do Hong Kong locals feel about Liu Xiang's fall? SCMP Reporter Hedy Bok spoke to some of them to find out.
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