Translation Hurdles

Randomly stumbled on this quote from Liu Xiang, the Chinese winner of the Olympic 110m-hurdles:
"My victory has proved that athletes with yellow skin can run as fast as those with black and white skin." (Link)
Um, if you have "black and white" skin, you'd better check for the vitiligo. Or you might be a zebra. Someone needs a better translator.

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