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Airtimes: Indian Standard Times
Saturday, April 8 at 0500am and 2030hrs
Sunday, April 9 at 0600am and 1830hrs
Olympic gold medal winner and national sporting hero Liu Xiang
discusses his career, hopes for Chinese success in the 2008 Olympics
and possible change to a career in acting in this week’s Talk
Asia. Liu speaks with Stan Grant in Shanghai as part of CNN’s
Eye On China week of special coverage.
Liu Xiang shot to fame as the first Chinese man to win an Olympic
track and field gold medal after his victory in the 110 metre hurdles
in Athens in 2004. “By winning, I achieved something for Asian
athletes…I gave them the message that as long as we show dedication
and belief, and as long as we give it our best, we can do anything”,
he says.
As the 2008 Olympic Games near, Liu hopes that China “…can
surpass America in winning gold medals and become number one. That
should be possible as long as everyone works hard and have that
goal.”
Beyond success on and off the track, the sportsman believes that
life is about more than material satisfaction. He adds, “…
a top athlete should get involved in many different things. We are
all members of society and we should be active in it. If I detach
myself from society, I would feel very lonely.”
In addition to speaking about his life as an athlete, Liu discusses
his interests in the performing arts and examines the rumours on
his possible career change to acting.
AIRTIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
For more program information and details on upcoming guests on
TALK ASIA visit
http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/talkasia/
For more details on CNN’s ‘Eye on China’ week of
programming, go to www.cnn.com/china
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