
Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang waves a flag at a primary school in quake-hit Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 11, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)
CHENGDU, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang Monday visited students in a primary school in Beichuan County, a hard-hit area in last year's devastating May 12 earthquake, and showed them how to run hurdles.
Liu, 25 and once the world champion of 110-meter hurdling, made his visit to Sichuan Province to mark the first anniversary of the disaster, which falls on Tuesday.

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang shows quake zone pupils how to hurdle at a primary school in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 11, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang shows quake zone pupils how to hurdle at a primary school in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 11, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang shows quake zone pupils how to hurdle at a primary school in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 11, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang poses for photgraphs with quake zone pupils at a primary school in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 11, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang poses for photgraphs with quake zone pupils at a primary school in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 11, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)