Should Liu have run the race?

Liu Xiang has said before that his biggest enemy is himself. It's really a huge pity that he failed to challenge himself on the most important occasion in his career and chose to succumb to injuries.

 

Maybe Liu's injury is too severe for him to have been able to win a gold medal.But the Olympics is not just about winning medals.He should at least have made an effort to run the whole race instead of dropping out.

 

Liu Xiang is well aware that the whole country had high expectations of him. He should have done something to alleviate the shock-walking out of the stadium was simply too dramatic for his enthusiastic fans to bear.