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Robles stripped of 110m hurdles gold at worlds; Liu up to 2nd

DAYRON Robles of Cuba was disqualified in the men's 110m hurdles final and stripped of his gold medal after bumping China's Liu Xiang in a physical track tussle at the Daegu world championships.
Jason Richardson from the United States was lifted from silver to gold thanks to the Cuban's disqualification and Liu moved up to second. Britain's Andrew Turner was given the bronze medal.
Dayron Robles was disqualified for disruption of the event after the Chinese team made an appeal tonight .



 

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