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• 02 / 06 / 2007

Cuban sprint hurdler Dayron Robles continued unbeaten in the 2007 indoor season as he beat Chinese arch rival and world record holder Liu Xiang on Saturday at the Sparkassencup track and field meeting in Stuttgart, Germany.

The young Cuban hurdler, running in only his third indoor competition blew away Liu and everyone else with an amazing 7.38-second Personal Best clocking, obliterating his own world-leading time of 7.49 from earlier in the week. Liu placed second with 7.45as Ron Bramlett finished third in a distant 7.58.

In the meantime, other Cuban athletes currently in Europe for their annual winter tour also had outstanding results over the weekend.

In Samara, Russia, 100 athletes from 12 countries took part in the 13th edition of the Governor's Cup.

In one of the most outstanding results of the meeting, Cuban David Giralt set a season's best in the men's Triple Jump with 17.39 meters. In a solid series, the 23-year-old reached the winning mark in his first attempt and backed it up by 17.37 and 17.23 efforts. His compatriot, Yoandri Betanzos was second with a 17.12 leap with Brazilian Dias Sabino third (16.72).

Other Cubans who won in Samara were Virgen Benavides in the women's 60-meter race and Luis Felipe Meliz in the men's Long Jump.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba