Created Fri 11th Jul 2:36pm PDT by 
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Will China's Liu Xiang win the 110m hurdles at the Olympics?
Settled as No
China suffered a huge setback Monday to its hopes of winning gold on the track when superstar Liu Xiang sensationally pulled out of the 110m hurdles, taking the gloss off the hosts' best Olympics ever.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080818075424.v0sojdfb&show_article=1
Background:
Liu Xiang's world record of 12.88 seconds was beaten earlier this year by Dayron Robles of Cuba. Will the hometown favorite win?
Background on 110m hurdles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110_metre_hurdles
Background on 110m hurdles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110_metre_hurdles
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Activity: H$10,080
Settled as No on Mon 18th Aug 7:51am PDT
Suspend date: Thu 21st Aug 8:59am PDT Settlement date: Mon 18th Aug 7:51am PDT
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%
Action history:
Created Fri 11th Jul 2:36pm PDT by triathematician
triathematician
Suspended Sun 17th Aug 9:18pm PDT by 
sdchargers![[Power User]](http://www.hubdub.com/images/icon_superuser.gif "This user is a super user")
: Flagged by super user: Liu is out of event with injury
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/trackandfield/news/story?id=3540221
sdchargers: Flagged by super user: Liu is out of event with injury
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/trackandfield/news/story?id=3540221
Settlement requested Mon 18th Aug 7:12am PDT by 
jake: Settle as no. He pulled out of the Olympics.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080818075424.v0sojdfb&show_article=1
jake: Settle as no. He pulled out of the Olympics.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080818075424.v0sojdfb&show_article=1
Settled as 'No' Mon 18th Aug 7:51am PDT by 
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: China suffered a huge setback Monday to its hopes of winning gold on the track when superstar Liu Xiang sensationally pulled out of the 110m hurdles, taking the gloss off the hosts' best Olympics ever.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080818075424.v0sojdfb&show_article=1
mrperfkt: China suffered a huge setback Monday to its hopes of winning gold on the track when superstar Liu Xiang sensationally pulled out of the 110m hurdles, taking the gloss off the hosts' best Olympics ever.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080818075424.v0sojdfb&show_article=1
Suspend date: Thu 21st Aug 8:59am PDT Settlement date: Mon 18th Aug 7:51am PDT
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