Liu Xiang wins the gold medal of the men's 110m hurdles by clocking 13.30 seconds at the 2006 National Athletics Championship in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 7, 2006. (Xinhua Photo)
SHIJIAZHUANG, North China, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Liu Xiang won his 6th national title at the Chinese athletics championships here on Monday in his first race after breaking the men's 110 meters world record.
The Chinese national hero, who bettered Briton Collin Jackson's13-year-old world mark of 13.91 seconds in 13.88 on July 11 in the Lausanne Grand Prix, romped home with a time of 13.30 for the title.
Local hurdler Shi Dongpeng finished second in 13.39 and Beijing's Xiang Yan'an was third in 13.69.
The national athletics of little significance for the 23-year-old Shanghai native, who had already levelled Jackson's world record in winning the title at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
"I am here to extend my gratitude to the fans," he said. "The competition is meaningless for me because nobody can pose threat to me at home."
