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Cuba's Dayron Robles Breaks Hurdle Record, Showdown With China's Liu Xiang Looms

The 110-meter hurdles is shaping up as one of the biggest showdowns of the 2008 Summer Olympics, as Cuba's Dayron Robles has just broken the world record owned by China's biggest star.Robles set a new world record by crossing the finish line in 12.87 seconds today in Ostrava, Czech Republic, breaking the previous record of...

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05/18/12 Cuban hurdler Robles targets fast time in U.S. Source: ABS-CBN News Cuba's Olympic high hurdles champion Dayron Robles will attempt to get close to 13 seconds when he sharpens his London Games build-up with his first athletics meetings in the United States next month.
05/16/12 Cuban Dayron Robles to Diamond League in the US Source: Radio Cadena Agramonte (English) Cuban 110 meters hurdler Dayron Robles will participate in two competitions included in the IAAF Diamond League, scheduled for the US cities Eugene and New York in June. Robles, Olympic champion and current world record holder (12.87 seconds) in the 110 meter hurdles, will then run for the first time in the United States, said Cuban athletics commissioner Jorge Luis Aguilera to Prensa Latina news agency.
05/16/12 Robles joins star-studded hurdles field Source: Sina Cuba's Dayron Robles, the reigning Olympic champion and world record-holder in the 110-metre hurdles, will make his first appearance in America when he runs in the adidas Grand Prix race on June 9.
05/14/12 Dayron Robles' Excellent Adventure Source: American Track & Field Dayron Robles, the world record holder in the 110m hurdles, and the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, will be visiting the US in the coming weeks.
05/14/12 Cuba's Robles fourth in Puerto Rico Source: Daily News of Sri Lanka Cuba's Dayron Robles, the reigning Olympic chamnpion and world record-holder in the 110-meter hurdles, finished fourth on Saturday in a track meet at Puerto Rico. American Ryan Wilson won the race in 13.424 seconds to lead a US podium sweep in the event with Jason Richardson second in 13.425, David Payne third in 13.45 and Robles fourth in 13.47, just ahead of Cuba's Orlando Ortega in 13.53. Robles, who was using the event as a tuneup for the London Olympics, set the current world record of 12.87 seconds in 2008 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.