"It's all about getting medals, and I got one," he added.

Robles, who was repeating the success of his compatriot Anier Garcia from the 2000 Games, sailed over the hurdles while behind him Payne and Oliver had difficulty in not clipping them.

While Robles, who timed the fastest time in the semi-finals of a modest 13.12 seconds, eased over the line and tapped his head with both hands, the two Americans held onto their placings.

"I wanted to stay up with Robles but he left us, but as long as I was able to stay in front of the pack, I felt fine," said Payne, commenting that he had ran the season's best, "He's a very fast starter, and I knew that I had to stay with him or at least stay up with him, and stay ahead of the rest of the pack.

"He's amazing and could not be stopped. I'm going to be working my hardest to get my stuff together. He's a phenomenon, but one day very soon, I'm going to go with him and hopefully beat him."

But the Cuban still shook head after saw the results on the scoreboard, showing dissatisfaction in his performance.

It's a chance to see perhaps the best hurdler in history make an assault on his own world record, 12.87, which he set in June, breaking Chinese Liu Xiang's 2006 mark by 0.01.

The anticipation of seeing defending champion Liu try to defend his Olympic title made the final the toughest ticket to come by in the Bird's Nest stadium and even at the whole Games.

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