By Kang Seung-woo
When China’s star hurdler Liu Xiang arrived in Daegu Thursday for the 2011 Daegu World Athletics Championships, the determined-looking runner left the airport without taking any questions from a large media horde, a telling sign that his focus is on resurrecting his career.
Some of the top-tier athletes will not be competing in the world track and field meet in the southern Korean city.
But like Liu, Daegu is now home to several athletes, who saw once flourishing resumes suddenly fade through injury, slump or scandal, with hopes to make the world championships the stepping stone for a career revival.
The 28-year-old Shanghai native burst onto the