Birthday boy Wang walks into history

BERLIN: Wang Hao became China's third male athlete to win a medal at the World Championships when he claimed silver in the 20km walk here on Saturday.

Former men's high jump world record holder Zhu Jianhua was the first at the 1983 World Championships when he won a bronze. Star hurdler Liu Xiang was the second. He won bronze in 2003, silver in 2005 and gold in 2007.

"I didn't expect this result," said Wang, who finished fourth at last year's Beijing Olympic Games. "But I trained well, the weather conditions were very good. And I am very happy with the result."