El atleta corredor de China, Liu Xang, quedó eliminado de la semifinal de los 110 metros con vallas al tropezar y caer con el primer obstáculo en la primera ronda de la prueba en los Juegos de Londres 2012.

Aunado a ello, el excampeón chino de Atenas 2004 podría sufrir rotura del tendón de Aquiles, acorde a despachos informativos de agencias como la francesa AFP.

Liu Xang, campeón olímpico de 110 metros vallas en Atenas-2004, no pudo correr en los Juegos de Beijing 2008 por una lesión y en el Mundial de Daegu 2011 se quedó sin el oro al caer ante su rival, el cubano Dayron Robles quien fuera eliminado más tarde por desestabilizar con su mano derecha al chino y quien, además, hoy es favorito para ganar la competencia en Londres.

La caída de este martes suma otra desgracia para el corredor chino, quien ve mermadas las posibilidad de continuar su carrera olímpica en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río en 2016.

"Esperamos la confirmación médica. Se trata de un problema en el tendón, pero no puedo confirmar la gravedad exacta de la lesión", declaró Feng Shu Yong en rueda de prensa.

Liu fue eliminado en los Juegos Olímpicos tras caerse en la primera valla de su serie, al no poder saltar lo suficiente para superarla.

"Lo que he visto en la televisión es que no ha podido saltar. En el momento del apoyo, el tendón sufre una inmensa presión y fue en ese momento cuando se produjo la lesión", explicó el líder del equipo chino.

La eliminación de Liu Xiang deja libre el camino al cubano Dayron Robles, campeón olímpico de 110 metros vallas en Beijing 2008 y plusmarquista mundial de la especialidad, al ganar la cuarta de las seis series de primera ronda para lograr con facilidad su pase a semifinales.

Fotos de la caída:

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  • China's Liu Xiang hops along the track after falling in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

  • China's Liu Xiang reacts after falling in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

  • China's Liu Xiang rests on a hurdle after falling in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

  • China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji, left, and Poland's Artur Noga, right, react duing a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

  • China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji, left, and Poland's Artur Noga, right, react during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

  • China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

  • China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji, Poland's Artur Noga and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite react during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

  • China's Liu Xiang, center, checks for injuries as Barbados' Shane Brathwaite, right, and Poland's Artur Noga, left, react as others continue in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

  • In this combination of three photos, China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Competing with Liu are from left to right: Poland's Artur Noga, Hungary's Balazs Baji, and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

  • China's Liu Xiang, center, reacts after falling in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

  • China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji, Poland's Artur Noga and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite and and Senegal's Moussa Dembele react during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

  • China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji, Poland's Artur Noga and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite react during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

  • China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji, Poland's Artur Noga and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite and and Senegal's Moussa Dembele react during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

  • China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji, Poland's Artur Noga and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite and and Senegal's Moussa Dembele react during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

  • China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji, Poland's Artur Noga and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite react during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

  • China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji, Poland's Artur Noga and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite and and Senegal's Moussa Dembele react during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

  • Cyclists run past a screen showing that China's Liu Xiang falls in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in a CCTV news in Beijing Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Chinese at home are shedding tears after former world-record holder Liu Xiang crashed into the first hurdle in his first heat of the 110-meter hurdles at the London Games. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)