Hurdler Liu Xiang, from China, untangles himself from the second hurdle after he was disqualified for a second false start during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, June 8, 2008. [Photo: Agencies]

Chinese Olympic champion and 110 metres world record holder Liu Xiang was disqualified from the Prefontaine Classic grand prix meeting when he false started on Sunday.

Liu, who had been hampered earlier by a sore right hamstring, moved ever so slightly at the start of the race and since it was the second false start of the competition under international rules he was automatically disqualified.

"I don't really know what happened on the false start," he told an interpreter. "My speed is so fast I did not realise I had the false start."

Liu had run about 10 metres when the recall gun sounded. He shook his head in disbelief after learning of his disqualification. American Anwar Moore won the rac...

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