Yao sends text messages to Liu Xiang

Source: China Daily | 08-20-2008 15:30

Yao Ming Wednesday encouraged China's hurdling hero Liu Xiang to put his Olympic nightmare behind him and to strive for greater success in the future.

A young Chinese girl poses with a bust of Chinese  basketball star Yao Ming on display at the 2008  Beijing Olympic Games fine arts exhibition in  Beijing on August 20, 2008.  [Agencies]

Yao, who has led China's basketball team to an Olympic quarter-final berth, sent a short text message to Liu's coach Sun Haiping and encouraged the hurdler to put the event behind him, China's Olympic Committee said on its website.