(ATR) Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang tells and Around the Rings and Tencent "I have tried my best" after topping a first-class field at Saturday's rain-soaked Shanghai Diamond League. The men's 110m hurdles champion from Athens 2004 was even with last year's world champ Jason Richardson of the U.S. for the first seven hurdles before Liu pulled away to clock a winning time of 12.97 seconds, the world's fastest the season so far.

Friday, 18 May 2012   Anna Brown

At 6:30am Chan Seiha is already at the Olympic stadium and stretching out before her morning training session.

As the bright morning light illuminates the fluttering national flags above the stands and the air heats up, Cambodia’s 18-year-old Olympic hopeful begins her long warm up, then under the watchful eye of her coach, Seiha runs length after length down the back straight of the gravelled 800m track.