After the protege he discovered 16 years ago limped off the track at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium, Gu Baogang hit out at China's treatment of its sportsmen and women, insisting Liu could have been fit to claim his second sucessive gold in the 110 metres hurdles.

Instead, the athlete pulled up in agony as his heat got off to a false start and felt unable to retake his place in the blocks. The Athens gold medalist was shown by television cameras crouching by an outside wall in bitter disbelief as officials, volunteers and the entire country watched on in horror.

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