Su Bingtian's 2021: Fulfilling his dreams on the field to complete two major goals Scored full marks

Source: Sports Weekly

Time flies, from London to Rio to Tokyo, after the impact and tempering of three Olympic Games, 32-year-old Su Bingtian finally got his long-cherished wish this year. Recently, Su Bingtian summed up his performance in the 2021 season on social platforms. He said: "I have no regrets over the past year. ”

Conquering the limits of the yellow race, Su Bingtian has already run in 9 seconds in 100 meters and 5 shots in 2021, leaving a sprint figure on 7 different tracks. Returning from his comeback in April, Su Bingtian ran 9.98 seconds in Zhaoqing and another 9.98 seconds in Shaoxing headwinds in June. At the Tokyo Olympics, he ran 9.83 seconds to break the Asian record, advancing to the final with the first place in the semifinals, becoming the first Chinese to stand on the final track of the Olympic men's "flyer" battle, and two hours later ran 9.98 seconds in the final to finish 6th. In September, "Su Shen" set a new National Games record of 9 seconds and 95 seconds at the National Games, ushering in his dream moment.

"If I were to rate my year as a percentage, the answer I would give was 100%." This is Su Bingtian's assessment of his performance in the past year, "For me, the goal [this year] is to break through 9.90 seconds and reach the Olympic men's 100m final, I did both things and did a good job. In terms of results, I also ran 9.83 meters, which is a result that I never thought I could achieve. ”

Su Bingtian tied the Asian record in 2018 with 9.91 seconds, but the following year, he broke the Doha World Championships due to a sudden injury in the middle of training, and the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics allowed the veteran who has passed the 30-year-old "big mark" to fight against injuries and mentality in day-to-day high-intensity training. Looking back on his past experience, Su Bingtian first thanked himself for persevering in the past two years when he experienced serious injuries, "In 2019 and 2020, I have been in a state of injury, and there is also the background of the impact of the epidemic, I did not choose to give up, but insisted on walking down and participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games." ”

A few years ago, Su Bingtian answered a question on "Zhihu": What is it like to insist on doing one thing for a long time? At that time, he replied: "To be honest, it is boring. Sometimes when you really practice and practice, you will think: too tired, tomorrow will be practiced ah too tired, still have to practice for so many years, how to insist on ah... Man is not a machine, there must be some fluctuation or something. But I will adjust myself in other ways, such as thinking about what my ultimate goal is, and then going back on track, or trying to pursue my dreams. ”

Today, as one of the "elderly" active athletes in the world's men's 100 meters, 32-year-old Su Bingtian is still writing his own story. In a recent interview, he confidently said that age is only a number, and said that he will start training again with the goal of the 2022 World Championships in Athletics, the Asian Games in Hangzhou, and the 2023 World Relay In Guangzhou. It also means the veteran will have to compete on the track with more young athletes, but he is still proving with his actions that the height of his dreams is far from marginal.