On June 12, 2008 (May 9, 2008 in the lunar calendar), Cuban athlete Robles broke the men's 110-meter hurdles world record. On June 12, 2008, Cuban athlete Robles took a photo in front of the scoreboard showing his results. At the IAAF Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on June 12, 2008, Cuban teenager Robles broke the men's 110-meter hurdles world record held by Chinese athlete Liu Xiang with a time of 12.87 seconds. Robles completed this feat with a perfect start and run between the hurdles that day. His time broke Liu Xiang's world record of 12.88 seconds. The original record was set by Liu Xiang on July 11, 2006 in Lausanne, Switzerland. "This is a good result from God, I'm not really ready to break the record," said the 21-year-old after the race. "Although I'm excited now, I don't know if I can beat Liu Xiang at the Beijing Olympics." Robles said that after becoming the world record holder for the men's 110-meter hurdles, his next goal is to achieve good results at the Beijing Olympics, and also strive to break the world record of 7.30 seconds in the indoor 60-meter hurdles held by British star Jackson. In this year's indoor season, he ran a good time of 7.33 seconds. Ethiopian female athlete Tune set a new world record in the event with a time of 18,517 meters in the one-hour race that day. The original record of 18,340 meters has been held by Kenyan athlete Lorup for 10 years.