Liu leaping from strength to strength

Shot at world record blown away, but Chinese star doesn't care

Although the strong wind cost China's Liu Xiang a share of the 110 meters hurdles world record at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Saturday in Eugene, Oregon, the Chinese star hurdler had more than enough to be happy about.

"Keep working hard," Liu wrote on his micro blog two hours after the race, in which he held off a star-studded field to equal the world record in a wind-aided 12.87 sec.