Liu Xiang News

In front of thousands of fans in a cavernous Shanghai stadium, long jumper Li Jinzhe thundered down the track before soaring 8.34 metres to victory, sending his supporters into a patriotic frenzy.

Shanghai, May 18 : American hurdler Aries Merritt, who won his first Olympic gold in London and set a world record in the men's 110m hurdles last year, has geared up for the 2013 International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League Shanghai leg.

Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce eased to victory on a damp evening at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on Saturday while world champion Carmelita Jeter was stretchered off the track after finishing third.

CHINA can produce another Liu Xiang if the former Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion retires, according to another Chinese athlete who hopes to follow in the superstar's footsteps.

Olympic 110m hurdles champion Aries Merritt said in an interview published on Monday that he believes his world record at the distance could soon be lowered.