Liu Xiang cruised into the men's 110m hurdles final with 13.82 seconds at the 18th Asian athletics championships Wednesday morning. The men's 110m hurdles final will be held Thursday evening.

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang's injury problems continued at the World Indoor Championships in Doha Sunday night as he finished 7th in the 60m hurdles, an event he won 4 years ago.

Huge hopes were put in Mr. Liu that China's first Olympic men's gold medalist in track and field would repeat his gold-medal performance in Athens with a decisive win on home soil.