Olympic champion Liu Xiang of China reached the semifinals of the men's 110 meters hurdles at the 10th world chamionships on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old, who won at Athens last year with a world record-tying time of 12.91 seconds, won Heat 2 against a head wind of 0.3 meters per second in a time of 13.73 seconds.

Cuba's Anier Garcia, the former Olympic champion at Sydney in 2000, was fourth in 14.01 seconds.

Source: Xinhua