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)

在国际田联大奖赛总决赛第一天的比赛中，中国110米跨栏世界纪录保持者刘翔和牙买加男子百米世界纪录保持者阿萨法·鲍威尔成为两个最大的亮点。 鲍威尔再次跑进10秒夺得男子百米冠军，但未能打破他9.77秒的个人纪录，刘翔7月在洛桑打破世界纪录后，得到充分的休息，此次重返田径场，表现惊人。 他以12.93秒的成绩夺得110米跨栏总决赛冠军，对此，刘翔表示自己并不感到意外。 这位23岁的奥运冠军说：“赛前我感觉很好，觉得自己的状态不错。” 刘翔说：“在（国际田联）洛桑站的比赛中打破世界纪录后（以12.88秒的成绩打破了由科林·杰克逊保持13年之久的12秒91的世界纪录），我回到北京，得到了充分的休息。” 刘翔表示，他有信心在这周末的雅典世界杯赛上会有不错的表现。 “雅典世界杯赛是我本赛季的最后一个目标，所以在这次比赛中我没有尽全力。” 而另一位世界冠军鲍威尔则表示还没有决定是否参加世界杯赛。 他说：“我觉得有点累了，这个赛季很长，但我得到了很大的收获。”鲍威尔曾在今年3月的英联邦运动会上夺得男子百米冠军。 “目前我还没决定是否参加雅典世界杯赛。” 鲍威尔说，此次比赛未能打破先前个人纪录是因为他有些担心自己会抢跑。 “我已经抢跑了一次，所以我不想因为再次抢跑而被取消比赛资格。我对自己的比赛成绩一点不感到失望。” (英语点津姗姗编辑)