At 2025 National Indoor Athletics Grand Prix‌in Nanjing & 2025 Text Event of Nanjing World Indoor Athletics Championships‌, YZU athlete Liu Junqian‌ claimed the men’s 60m hurdles title with a blistering time of ‌7.47 seconds‌‌, which represented his personal best‌ performance, and‌ narrowed the gap‌ with Liu Xiang’s Asian record of ‌7.41 seconds‌‌.

“7.47seconds”confirmed Liu Junqian‌ as one of the top ten athletes in Asian history‌, standing as‌ Asia’s fastest time in nearly 17 years‌‌. Because of that, Liu Junqian became ‌this season’s top performer among active Asian athletes‌ as well as‌ the first Chinese competitor to set a historic benchmark in the men’s 60m hurdles event‌ after Liu Xiang made history.