OSAKA - With his eyes firmly fixed on the Beijing Olympics, China's Liu Xiang will settle for nothing less than the World Championships gold in the 110m hurdles in Osaka later this month.
Liu Xiang from China gazes the hurdles before the 60 meters hurdles competition during the track and field meeting at the indoor arena in Dusseldorf, Germany in this file photo taken on Feb. 6, 2007. The Olympic champion and world record holder is eyeing a world title in Osaka, Japan later this month. [Xinhua] Superstar Liu Xiang, a national hero in his homeland, won bronze and silver medals in 2003 and 2005 respectively and is determined to add the top prize this time round before capping it with another Olympic title next year.
The world meet will be from August 25-September 2.
"I really want to see what winning the gold feels like this time," he said recently, conscious that more than one billion Chinese fans are backing his quest to take home the title.
"Osaka is my lucky track and I hope it brings me success again. I was third in 2003 and second in 2005 in the World Championships, so I certainly hope to get a better result this time around."
Liu Xiang won China's first ever men's Olympic track gold in Athens in 2004 and then smashed the world record last year, clocking 12.88, but has been outside 13 seconds in recent races.
He desperately wants to avenge French hero Ladji Doucoure, who pipped him for gold in Helsinki two years ago.
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