Earlier this spring, Liu had disappeared from public view, nursing a sore hamstring that led him to pull out of a May race and triggered another injury with his Achilles tendon.

早在今年春天的时候，刘翔为了治疗伤病就从公共视野里退出了，他因此还缺席了5月份的一场比赛。但不久他跟腱却又受了伤。

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But a sizeable minority favour Thailand's Supachai Panitchpakdi, who is stubbornly refusing to pull out of the race.

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Ms Rice was forced to pull out of the race to be the next secretary of state after being subjected to widespread criticism.

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The National candidate, Alba Nora Gunera de Melgar, threatened to pull out of the race if the Liberals' idea was accepted, as it was.

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