8/18/08
By Evan Osnos and Don Lee
Specail to The Times

Sports Illustrated - China reacts to its fallen hero

BEIJING -- China's "Flying Man" is now its "Achilles."

In the moments after China watched Liu Xiang, its most popular Olympic athlete, limp away from the Games on Monday, grimacing with an injury, a reporter for the state-run television stood on the floor of the National Stadium and choked back tears.