China's rising hurdler Xie takes silver at XL Galan

 　　STOCKHOLM, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's rising hurdler Xie Wenjun, who shares the same coach with the country's star hurdler Liu Xiang, clocked 7.68 seconds to finish second in the men's 60-meter hurdles¹ at the XL Galan, an IAAF Permit Indoor Meeting, here on Thursday.

　　The 22-year-old Chinese failed to maintain his solid form since last week, which saw his personal best renewed for four times, and lagged 0.06 seconds behind the winner Orlando Ortega of Cuba. Local hurdler Philip Nossmy finished third in 7.79 seconds.

　　It was the third tournament Xie has participated in following his tour in Europe this month. In the previous two events the promising² hurdler improved his personal best four times in a row in the four races he ran and finished third in the British Athletics³ Grand Prix, also an IAAF Permit Indoor Meeting, in Birmingham last Saturday.

　　"I am not quite satisfied with my performance today. I am in good shape but some small mistakes affected⁴ my results. Anyway I will continued to train hard when I return home and the outdoor season is what really matters," said Xie whose personal best in 60m hurdles is 7.60 seconds.

　　Xie took part in the London Olympic Games last year and narrowly missed the final with a 0.03-second deficit⁵. However, the Olympic debutante⁶ was left out of the limelight for most of the time following his star teammate Liu Xiang's dramatic fallover in the heat.

1 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

2 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

3 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

6 debutante   

n.初入社交界的少女

参考例句：

• The debutante's photograph was at the head of the society page.那位初进社交界少女的照片登在社会版的最上头。
• She dazzled London society as the most beautiful debutante of her generation.她首次出现在伦敦社交界便艳惊四座，被视为同龄人里最美丽的年轻女子。