Asia’s fastest man sees bright future for Chinese sprinting

BEIJING, Sept. 25 (BNA): Asia’s fastest man, Su Bingtian, backed Chinese sprinters to continue improving after a summer when the 32-year-old became the first athlete from the country to reach the 100m final. Olympic Games.

Su led United – mainly the Chinese national team – to the gold medal in the 4x100m relay at the National Games on Friday, after his performance at the Tokyo Olympics, where he broke the Asian record in the 100m semi-finals, Reuters reported. .

The Guangdong native, who finished sixth in the 100m in Tokyo, also won the gold medal in the individual competitions this week at the National Games in Xi’an. He was confident that China would produce runners who could follow in his footsteps.

“From today’s event, I can see a bright future for the Chinese enemy,” said Su, who was appearing at the Fourth National Games, according to Xinhua.

“The top four in the final broke the 38sec barrier, which really inspires me, because only the national team could do that a few years ago.

“The Chinese running is on the right track, and the national games are an important stage for promising runners before they attend the Olympics.”

Su set the Asian record in the 100 meters with a time of 9.83 seconds to qualify for the Olympic final before running 9.95 seconds at the Xi’an Olympic Center on Tuesday to win the title at the quadrennial National Games.

Xie Zhenye is the only other Chinese sprinter to go under 10 seconds off the distance, which he succeeded in 2018 before suffering a series of injuries that affected his subsequent performance.

Winner of the National Games title in 2017, Xie ran 10.10 seconds to finish second behind Su on Tuesday as he continues his return to the top level.

“Xie’s limit is definitely not 10.10,” Su said after the 100m final.

“Injuries have hampered him. This is not his best performance. I am confident Xie will do better next year when he competes in the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

“We shouldn’t just be questioning an athlete when he’s not at his best. Instead, we need to help him and encourage him to regain his momentum.

“I will use my experiences to influence more people and allow them to appreciate Chinese athletes.”

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