SHANGHAI (AFP) -- Chinese superstar Liu Xiang staged a miraculous recovery to win the men's 110m hurdles at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on Saturday.

After a dreadful start, the world record-holder trailed archrival Allen Johnson until the last hurdle before dipping over the line in 13.07sec in front of an ecstatic home crowd.

The win rounds off another superlative season for Liu, who set the world mark 12.88 sec in July, and avenges his defeat to four-times world champion Johnson last week.

Earlier, US sprinter Shawn Crawford ended a dismal season with another disastrous 100m performance.

The Olympic 200m champion clocked just 10.33 sec to finish a distant seventh behind team-mate Marcus Brunson, with world indoor champion Leonard Scott and Wallace Spearmon completing a U.S. clean sweep.

"It sucked, like all my performances this season," said Crawford, who has not gone below 10 seconds all year. "The start wasn't good, the middle wasn't good, the end wasn't good. I'm just looking forward to training for next year."

The relative unknown Brunson won the race in 10.03 sec, 0.04 off his personal best. "I'm very happy to end the season with a win, especially against a great group of guys like that," he said. "I've been consistent all season so if I can get a win I'll take it."

U.S. teammate Allyson Felix, the world 200m champion, dominated the women's 100m to win in 11.17 sec, ahead of former world champion Torri Edwards and Jamaica's Aleen Bailey.

Evergreen sprint queen Merlene Ottey, 46, finished seventh after a season plagued by injury.

"I know I couldn't win a medal but I just like performing," said the Jamaican-born Ottey, who now represents Slovenia.

Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner pulled up with a right leg problem early in the men's 400m, leaving world junior champion Lashawn Merritt to power home ahead of Alleyne Francique and Michael Blackwood.

Wariner's female equivalent, Tonique Williams-Darling, faded on the last bend and Jamaica's Novlene Williams outstripped Deedee Trotter to clinch an enthralling women's 400m in 49.64 sec, equaling her personal best.

Vania Stambolova of Bulgaria was third with Williams-Darling fourth.

Kenya's Augustine Choge won the men's 1,500m ahead of world 5,000m and 10,000m champion Kenenisa Bekele, with Nicholas Kemboi third.

Women's world champion Tirunesh Dibaba pipped Gelete Burka of Ethiopia by just one-hundredth of a second to win the 5,000m in 14.55.63 sec.