Liu Xiang Beats Terrence Trammell, China Feels Confident Heading Into Olympics

China may have its best track and field team ever when it hosts the Olympics next year, and the biggest star of them all is Liu Xiang, who won the 110-meter hurdles yesterday. Watch him stare down American Terrence Trammell at the finish line:

The China Daily reports that there's growing confidence in the Chinese Olympic track team:

"I believe the Chinese athletes can do better in the Olympics because they compete at home," said Diack in an interview with Xinhua. "Liu Xiang will 100 per cent have the chance to win again and I think China can make breakthroughs in other events."

And The Washington Post reports that Liu knows the pressure is on him:

"I was under a lot of pressure to win the gold medal, but I think I was able to conquer my tension and the pressure," said Liu through an interpreter. "After I jumped over that last hurdle, I couldn't bare it anymore. I unintentionally looked around to see how the others were running."

I'm already excited to see how the others run in 2008.