Liu Xiang receives surgery at Wellington hospital

 LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang had undergone a surgery on a torn Achilles tendon of his right foot at the Wellington hospital of London, officials said on Thursday.

Chief official of the Shanghai Sports Bureau told Xinhua that the surgery took 79 minutes and the doctors were optimistic about the results.

Liu will stay in the private hospital for two or three days before returns to Shanghai.

The Chinese phenomena² stumbled on the first hurdle¹ in the men's 110m hurdle race on Tuesday and was diagnosed as suffering a torn Achilles tendon.

Liu needs at least four weeks to recover, a Chinese doctor said.

1 hurdle   

n.跳栏，栏架；障碍，困难；vi.进行跨栏赛

参考例句：

• The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
• She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。

2 phenomena   

n.现象

参考例句：

• Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
• The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。