Interview with Thomas Lund: to follow new trends and bring younger generations to the sport
17 Jun 2024 16:00
For a long time, the yellow race, especially Chinese didn’t receive much respect in the area of track and field.
In 2006, Liu Xiang break the record of the men's 110m hurdles and the dilemma in the area of track and field was broken by Chinese again. However, after many years passed, the dilemma remained. People even doubted that after Liu’s record, there was no ideal in the area of track and field for Chinese any more.
Nonetheless, China's sprinter Su Bingtian became the first Asian-born to officially beat the 10.00 seconds barrier in the men's 100 meters. In Saturday's Eugene Grand Prix, the 1.71m-tall runner finished third in 9.99 seconds, behind American Tyson Gay in 9.88 and Mike Rodgers in 9.90. "I am so proud for my result. I can write my name into history now and will work harder and run faster," said the 25-year-old young man.
Although Qatar's Nigerian-born Femi Ogunode became the fastest man on the continent in last year's Asian Games when he clocked 9.93 seconds in the 100 meters, Asian-born athletes had been working hard for years to beat 10 seconds barrier until Su.
Previously, China's Zhang Peimeng, who raced to his personal best of 10.00 in 2013 Moscow world championships, is considered the closest to beating the barrier, together with Japanese teenager Yoshihide Kiryu, who ran a wind-assisted unofficial 9.87 at a meet in Austin, Texas in March.
Su was filled with confidence and started to set his sight on "creating miracles" for China in August's world championships at the famous "Bird's Nest" National Stadium in Beijing.
China's world and Olympics 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang witnessed Su's record-breaking performance.
Interview with Thomas Lund: to follow new trends and bring younger generations to the sport
17 Jun 2024 16:00
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