China's star hurdler Liu Xiang has added another world title under his belt. He won the men's 60 meter hurdles at the World Indoor Athletic Championships in Valencia, Spain. The 24-year-old now has four major titles in the sport.
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China's?Liu?Xiang?(R)?competes?during?the?men's?60m?hurdles?
qualifications?at?the?12th?IAAF?World?Indoor?Athletics?
Championship?in?Valencia,?Spain,?March?8,?2008.?Liu?entered?
the?semifinals?with?7.73?seconds.?(Xinhua/Xu?Jinquan) |
The world record holder was at lane six and his start was a bit slow. But Liu ran steadily in the latter part of the race, clocking 7.46 seconds to win the men's 60 metres hurdles.His personal best was 7.42 seconds but Liu Xiang was satisfied with his performance.
Liu Xiang said, "I raced well. It's good to win the title with 7.46 seconds and the title counts more than the result. And I think it's not easy to break the 60-meter hurdle record. I can if I have two more legs. "
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China's?star?hurdler?Liu?Xiang?finished?first?on?Saturday?to?
snatch?the?title?in?men's?60?meter?hurdles?at?the?12th?World?
Indoor?Championships?in?Valencia,?Spain.(Xinhua?Photo) |
(CCTV March 10, 2008)