After this victory, the Chinese 2004 Olympic champion has resurrected his career in the best way possible after exiting the Beijing Games struck down cruelly by injury.

Liu's time of 13.07 was a World leading time while in second Oliver registered 13.18, his slowest of the season and his first defeat indoors or out this year.

While it was assumed that Liu would be the one to do the chasing, it was nothing of the kind as Liu sprang out of the blocks and rose marginally first to the first hurdle.

After carrying it all before him last year, the American appeared fazed by the unusual sight of having someone ahead of him and found it dificult to find his rhythm.

Liu, meanwhile, was enjoying an untroubled view of the hurdles and with his consummate technique claimed his most important scalp for three seasons.

Even more significantly, it was Liu's fastest time for four years. The Athens Olympic champion is back with a bang.