US doctor: Hurdler Liu has fully recovered from injury

China's star hurdler, Liu Xiang. has been given a clean bill of health following his latest check-up on Saturday.

A year after Liu had surgery on his right Achilles tendon in Houston, his US doctor, Tom Clanton, arrived Shanghai on Friday to check on his star patient. After reviewing scans of Liu's foot and watching him train on Saturday, Clanton, who performed the operation on Liu, said the foot had fully recovered and he could resume intensive training.

"Today is very special, after the ups and downs of the past year, this means a lot to us," said Liu's coach, Sun Haiping, after Clanton's verdict on Saturday. "When we decided on surgery we said 'we will be sure to come back' and today I can finally say: 'Liu is back!'."