110m Hurdles Men: Oliver edges Ortega as Xie slips to sixth

David Oliver edged out Orlando Ortega to win the Shanghai meeting’s showcase event in 13.17, his fastest time of 2015. The world champion was out hard and held on to beat the fast-finishing Cuban by two hundredths of a second with world record holder Aries Merritt third in 13.25. Last year’s winner Xie Wenjun couldn’t repeat his 2014 heroics and give the crowd the rousing climax it hoped for. With the celebration of Liu Xiang’s career next up on the agenda, Xie had to settle for sixth in 13.36, a place behind Russia’s Moscow world bronze medallist Sergey Shubenkov.