Laureus World Sports Awards
Chinese Olympic hurdle champion Liu Xiang with the Laureus World Newcomer of the Year Award.
When he became the first Chinese man to win a track gold in Olympic history -- he won the 110 metres hurdles in Athens -- the feat provoked hysteria in his country.
Now one of China's most famous sporting faces, he is one of the host nation's emblems for the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Never having broken 13.0 secs before, he clocked a stunning 12.91 secs to equal the world record set by Britain's Colin Jackson in 1993.
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