Chinese athletes donate to quake relief


Updated: 2008-05-15 11:23

Athens Olympics 110m hurdles winner Liu Xiang and his coach Sun Haiping jointly donate 500,000 yuan (US$71,000)to quake-hit areas in Beijing, May 14, 2008. About 500 athlets and coaches, who are training in Beijing for the upcoming Olympic Games, attended the disaster-relief event after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake jolted Southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday, leaving nearly 14,866 dead by 2pm Wednesday. [Xinhua]