在北京奥运会之前，刘翔被视为全民英雄，但那次出人意料的退赛，也使得他饱受网友指责。

I will train harder after this competition, "said a beaming Liu, who was a national hero before the Beijing Olympic Games but was criticized by netizens for his shock withdrawal at the Bird's Nest."

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最终，奥运会主火炬由中国奥运英雄李宁点燃，他在万众瞩目之下缓缓升起，在空中绕场一周，点燃了象征奥林匹克精神的熊熊之火。

Finally, the cauldron was lit by a jet of fire from Chinese Olympic hero li Ning, who had been hoisted up to the roof of the stadium on wires.

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关于奥运会的记录可追溯至公元前776年。但通常人们认为是希腊神话中宙斯的儿子，大力士英雄赫拉克勒斯在更早的时候创办了这些比赛。

Record of the Olympics dates back to 776 BC. But it is believed that the god Greek demigod Heracles, son of Zeus founded the games many years before.

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