Liu Xiang raced into third in the 60m hurdles on Friday at the Dusseldorf indoor meet, his first European appearance in three years.
Liu Xiang of China and Petr Svoboda (R) of the Czech Republic compete the men's 60m hurdles final at the International Athletics meet in Duesseldorf February 11, 2011.[Photo: Reuters]
China's former Olympic champion and world 110m hurdles record holder Liu Xiang raced into third in the 60m hurdles on Friday at the Dusseldorf indoor meet, his first European appearance in three years.
Liu finished behind Petr Svoboda of the Czech Republic and America's Kevin Craddock who were both clocked at 7.57 seconds.
The 27-year-old Chinese hurdler timed 7.60 seconds, 0.18 off his personal best of 7.42 seconds set in February 2007.
Earlier in the evening, Liu was second in his heat in a time of 7.66 seconds.
Liu, who will also run at the Karlsruhe event on Sunday, last appeared in Europe in March 2008 when he clinched the world indoor title in Valencia.
But since that victory, his career has been marred by injuries, notably pulling out of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 just a year after being crowned world champion.
