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 | France's Ladji Doucoure, top, beats Liu Xiang of China, bottom, and third-placed Allen Johnson of the USA on the finish line to win the final of the Men's 110 meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. click to open  |  | Liu Xiang of China poses with the silver medal he won in the 110 meter hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. click to open  |  | Shuying Gao of China celebrates after clearing the bar during the women's pole vault final at the world athletics championships in Helsinki August 12, 2005. click to open  |  | Liu Xiang of China (L) and Joel Brown of the U.S. compete in the men's 110 metres hurdles final at the world athletics championships in Helsinki August 12, 2005. France's Ladji Doucoure flashed across the line in 13.07 seconds, one-hundredth of a second ahead of Chinese Olympic champion Liu. Allen Johnson of the U.S. took bronze. click to open  |  | Ladji Doucoure of France (C) lunges across the finish line to win the men's 110 metres hurdles final, ahead of second-placed Liu Xiang of China (in red) and third-placed Allen Johnson of the U.S. (2nd from top) at the world athletics championships in Helsinki, August 12, 2005. Doucoure flashed across the line in 13.07 seconds, one-hundreth of a second ahead of Chinese Olympic champion Liu. click to open  |  | Liu Xiang of China, Ladji Doucoure of France and Allen Johnson of the U.S. (L-R) display their medals during the award ceremony for the men's 110 metres hurdles at the world athletics championships in Helsinki August 12, 2005. Doucoure won the gold medal in a time of 13.07 seconds, ahead of Liu who won silver and Johnson who took bronze. click to open  |  | Poland's Anna Jesien, right, and China's Xiaoxiao Huang clear a hurdle in the first semi-final of the Women's 400 meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Thursday Aug. 11, 2005. Jesien won the radce, with Huang in second place. click to open  |  | Xiaoxiao Huang of China competes during the women's 400m hurdles semi-final at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Helsinki Aug 11th 2005 click to open  |  | Terrence Trammell of the USA, right, won his 110 meter hurdles semifinal ahead of Liu Xiang of China, left, at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday Aug. 11, 2005. click to open  |  | Liu Xiang (L) of China and Terrence Trammell of USA compete during the men's 110m hurdles semi-final at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Helsinki Aug 11th 2005. click to open  |
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