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GUANGZHOU: At the last Asian Games in 2006 China demolished all comers and a year out from hosting the multi-sport spectacular on home turf they are working hard to cement that dominance.

Cuban Olympic champion of 110m hurdles, Bayron Robles, said the return of Chinese Liu Xiang to the international competition will bring spark to the sport, local press said on Monday.

GUANGZHOU: China's superpower status in Asian sports is all too well-known. Its dominance in Asian athletics can also never be questioned.

With the Beijing Olympic Games just around the corner, it's only fitting that Nike release a pack of sneakers celebrating various Chinese Olympic Athletes from the past.

Next month's East Asian Games received a boost yesterday after China and other participating countries promised to send their top athletes.

No rest for Chinese hurdling star Liu Xiang: he is back to regular training in his hometown of Shanghai after winning gold at the National Games last month.

Home favorite Huang Xiaoxiao would storm to victory in the women's 400m hurdles to clinch her second gold at the National Games.The 25-year-old, who had won the 400m on Thursday, was fast out of the starting blocks and remained unchallenged in the last three hurdles.

The 11th Chinese National Games came to a successful close on Wednesday after 13 days of fierce competition with the host Shandong topping the medals table.

Beijing - Liu Xiang madness has returned to China, with fans auctioning ripped-up pieces of the track star's clothes that he tossed into the crowd after winning his third national 110 metre hurdle title.

Liu Xiang's steady comeback, promising walkers' progress and other surprising good results at the 11th Chinese National Games boosted Chinese athletes' confidence to achieve more in the international arena.

JINAN, Shandong province: Three gold, one silver and one bronze medal make world champion Zhang Lin the most successful swimmer at the 11th National Games.

Star hurdler Liu Xiang came to spotlight on Saturday night as the Athens Olympic champion easily cruised into the 110m finals at the 11th Chinese National Games.

Xing Huina, who won the women's 10,000 meters champion at the Athens Olympic Games, pulled out of the 11th National Games due to a nagging injury, a team official of Shandong delegation said on Wednesday.

Wang Hao representing north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region celebrates after the men's 20km race walk final at the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, on Oct.

When organizers tested the device and referees rehearsed last time for the upcoming athletic events at the 11th National Games, the first name echoed around the stadium through announcing system for trial was "Liu Xiang from Shanghai delegation". However, where is Liu Xiang was still the top secret across the host Jinan City.

China's Liu Xiang stormed to a hugely popular victory in the 110 meters hurdles on Saturday when the Beijing Olympic athletics test event turned into a one-man show for the third evening in a row.

Chinese athletes at the track and field events must pass a written test on the fight against doping to qualify for the 11th National Games.

FORMER Olympic and world champion hurdler Liu Xiang has delayed his visit to the 11th National Games in Jinan City, Shandong Province, for further preparation.

After a 60-gun salute, 8,000 troops of the People's Liberation Army goose-stepped through Tiananmen Square in celebration of 60 years of a communist China.

From "sick man of Asia" to the top on the Olympic gold medal list, China presents the world with the progress it has made in both promoting national fitness and training athletic talents during the 60 years since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949.