Liu back in two weeks after 'amazing recovery'

Former Olympic champion Liu Xiang will be fighting fit in a fortnight, according to the American doctor who in December performed surgery on the Chinese hurdler's Achilles tendon.

Liu is recovering faster than expected and should be able to resume proper training next month, Tom Clanton told the Shanghai Morning Post on Monday.

The reigning world champion won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics then hobbled out of the Bird's Nest in Beijing last August with an injury that left him unable to defend his crown. Several months later he flew to Houston for surgery that successfully repaired the damage.