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Liu Xiang garners his first international gold medal this season in the men’s 110m hurdles.

The Olympic champion dashed to the finishing line in 13.12 seconds, the world’s best time this season, en route to win the crown at the IAAF Grand Prix in Japan.

With Allen Johnson, the reigning world champion, absent from the tournament, the competition has turned into a Liu Xiang solo.

In the women’s hammer throw, Asian record holder Zhang Wenxiu defeated Olympic champion Kuzenkova Olga to take the title.

China’s Gu Yuan and Liu Yinghui finished third and fourth.

Liu Xiang after his win at the 10th Chinese National Games (Jiro Mochizuki-Agence SHOT)

During the course of nearly 16 months since Liu Xiang became Olympic 110m Hurdles champion, equalling the World record in Athens, we have reported on a whirlwind of awards and accolades which have blown in the direction of the 22-year-old Shanghai born star.