China's former Olympic champion Liu Xiang will run his first race since withdrawing from the Beijing Olympics at next weekend's Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, organizers said on Saturday.

The 26-year-old Liu, also the 2007 world champion in men's 110 meters hurdles, just returned to training in July after a surgery on his right Achilles tendon last December.

"After communicating with the Chinese Athletic Association, the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix committee has officially announced that Liu Xiang will compete at the SHGGP this year," organizers said in a statement on the official website

The statement added, "After careful inspection, the doctor has confirmed that Liu's foot injury has healed enough for him to compete in the race."

Liu Xiang, China's 110m-hurdle world champion and Olympic gold medal winner clears a hurdle during a training session in Shanghai, east China, on June 30, 2009. As Sun Haiping, Liu's coach said during today's press conference, the hurdler is recovering well from his ankle injury but he is not a hundred percent fit for competition. The former 110m hurdles record holder pulled out of the Beijing Olympics last year due to an injury and has not been in competition since then

Organizers also asked the fans do not expect too much from Liu, who previously held the world record of 12.88 seconds.

"The committee has appealed to Liu's fans to give their encouragement but not focus too much on the final result."

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