Liu Xiang of China celebrates after winning the 110 metres hurdles event at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart on September 9, 2006. [Reuters] China's 110m hurdles world record holder Liu Xiang and Jamaica's 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell made the most impressive marks on the opening day of the IAAF World Grand Prix finals. Powell ran yet another sub 10 second race though he didn't threaten his record of 9.77sec and Liu made a stunning return to the international circuit after taking time off since breaking the world mark in July in Lausanne. Liu timed 12.93sec in the event and admitted to not feeling too surprised at his excellent run. "I felt really well before the race and I knew I was in really good shape," said the 23-year-old Olympic champion. "After my world record (12.88sec breaking Colin Jackson's 13 year old mark of 12.91) I returned to Beijing and got a lot of rest," added Liu. However Liu promised more of the same at the World Cup in Athens this weekend. "The World Cup has been my end of season objective and that is why I didn't give it my all," said Liu. Unlike Liu, Powell was undecided about the World Cup. "I feel a little tired, the season has been long but a rich one," said Powell, who started way back in March at the Commonwealth Games where he won the 100m title. "I will see whether I run in Athens next week." Powell admitted that he had not threatened his world record because he was nervous of false starting . "There had already been one so I didn't want to be disqualified for doing the second one. I am not disappointed in my time at all." (Agencies)

在國際田聯大獎賽總決賽第一天的比賽中，中國110米跨欄世界紀錄保持者劉翔和牙買加男子百米世界紀錄保持者阿薩法·鮑威爾成為兩個最大的亮點。 鮑威爾再次跑進10秒奪得男子百米冠軍，但未能打破他9.77秒的個人紀錄，劉翔7月在洛桑打破世界紀錄后，得到充分的休息，此次重返田徑場，表現驚人。 他以12.93秒的成績奪得110米跨欄總決賽冠軍，對此，劉翔表示自己并不感到意外。 這位23歲的奧運冠軍說：“賽前我感覺很好，覺得自己的狀態不錯。” 劉翔說：“在（國際田聯）洛桑站的比賽中打破世界紀錄后（以12.88秒的成績打破了由科林·杰克遜保持13年之久的12秒91的世界紀錄），我回到北京，得到了充分的休息。” 劉翔表示，他有信心在這周末的雅典世界杯賽上會有不錯的表現。 “雅典世界杯賽是我本賽季的最后一個目標，所以在這次比賽中我沒有盡全力。” 而另一位世界冠軍鮑威爾則表示還沒有決定是否參加世界杯賽。 他說：“我覺得有點累了，這個賽季很長，但我得到了很大的收獲。”鮑威爾曾在今年3月的英聯邦運動會上奪得男子百米冠軍。 “目前我還沒決定是否參加雅典世界杯賽。” 鮑威爾說，此次比賽未能打破先前個人紀錄是因為他有些擔心自己會搶跑。 “我已經搶跑了一次，所以我不想因為再次搶跑而被取消比賽資格。我對自己的比賽成績一點不感到失望。” (英語點津姍姍編輯)