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Recently, the name of the mainland's "100-meter superman" Su Bingtian has frequently appeared in hot searches. First, it was revealed that he was infected with the new crown twice, so he found Academician Zhong Nanshan for consultation; It was his team that miscalculated Su Bingtian's physical condition, which led to his emergency withdrawal before the Gothenburg indoor competition.
It seems that all signs are indicating that Su Bingtian's body seems to have a big problem. On June 12, Su Bingtian revealed on social media that he would withdraw from this year's World Championships and Hangzhou Asian Games.
As soon as this news came out, netizens quickly reminded of Liu Xiang's withdrawal from the 2012 London Olympics. At that time, Liu Xiang was already standing at the starting line, but later failed to complete the race due to injury. Not long after the end of the Olympics, he announced his complete retirement.
Now, on the eve of the major competition, Su Bingtian, like his senior brother, temporarily decided to withdraw from the competition. Could it be that he will also announce the news of his retirement like Liu Xiang in the future?
Withdrew urgently and the team apologized
With the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games, all the athletes on the mainland are waiting to get the best results at their doorstep. However, at this time, the high-profile sprinter Su Bingtian unexpectedly reported the news of his withdrawal.
In addition to the trials, he will miss the World Championships and Asian Games. In other words, in the coming year, Su Bingtian will not participate in all major international competitions. That's not good news for a 34-year-old veteran.
Not only that, Su Bingtian's private team also apologized to everyone through the lens of CCTV. said that it was due to their negligence in work that they miscalculated Su Bingtian's physical condition, which led to the occurrence of the "emergency withdrawal" incident.
However, for the team's apology, two very different voices were heard on the Internet. Some netizens believe that withdrawing from the competition is an athlete's personal behavior, and this decision is also based on the athlete's physical condition, so there is nothing to apologize for.
However, some netizens pointed out that Su Bingtian, as a veteran, the national team attaches great importance to him, and he withdrew from the game before important events, which is quite a hint of "desertion and escape", and the country's pre-match training for him has also been lost, which is a waste of sports resources.
Although there are many opinions on the Internet at present, Su Bingtian's withdrawal has become a fact. And according to the team, this withdrawal has a lot to do with his "Eryang". In early April this year, Su Bingtian said on Weibo that he was infected with the new crown pneumonia for the second time.
Since then, his physical condition has been worrying. In order to better condition the body, he also found a well-known expert Academician Zhong Nanshan for consultation. Although according to the results of the examination, his lungs did not have much problem, but he has been in poor condition and difficult to develop strength in subsequent training, so Academician Zhong Nanshan also suggested that he should focus on rest.
Therefore, Su Bingtian and his team were forced to decide to take a year off, and even the follow-up daily training was forced to stop.
Moreover, due to the special nature of athletics, athletes over the age of 30 rarely perform extremely well, and Su Bingtian will be 35 years old after a year off, and his age may be one of the difficulties for him to return to the field.
Therefore, some insiders have analyzed that Su Bingtian's withdrawal is likely to lay the foundation for his official retirement. However, as a leading figure in Chinese athletics, Su Bingtian's performance on the track touches the hearts of Chinese people every time.
After 14 years of hard work, the results are remarkable
Why did everyone react so strongly to Su Bingtian's decision to miss the Asian Games? The reason is simple, because the Hangzhou Olympics should have been Su Bingtian's defending battlefield. At the last Asian Games, 29-year-old Su Bingtian broke the Asian Games record with a time of 9.92 seconds and won an important gold medal for China's athletics world.
Therefore, for the Hangzhou Olympics held on the doorstep, many track and field fans are looking forward to Su Bingtian's better results. Now he suddenly withdrew from the competition, which naturally made his supporters deeply regretful.
Although after 2018, Su Bingtian's popularity in China soared, in fact, since 2008, Su Bingtian has received countless attention and support in China's athletics competitions.
This year, Su Bingtian was only 19 years old, but it was the beginning of his sweep of the big competition. He first rose to prominence at the National Indoor Athletics Championships, winning gold in the men's 60m. Later, he won two gold medals in the championships and the national track and field championships, which immediately attracted all the attention of the Chinese sprinting community.
It was also from this year that the media began to call Su Bingtian the "star of hope" in China's athletics industry. And he also began to meet the next series of competitions in an unstoppable state, especially the 2009 Asian Athletics Grand Prix, Su Bingtian participated in the men's 100m and 4*100m relay in three races, and won a total of 5 gold medals!
In addition, in the Asian indoor competitions, East Asian Games and National Games that year, Su Bingtian single-handedly won 6 gold medals. In other words, in 2009 alone, he won a staggering 11 gold medals.
However, these competitions are domestic and intracontinental. Su Bingtian naturally can't stop here, his goal is a large-scale competition around the world.
2010 was a watershed year in Su Bingtian's career. Throughout the first half of the year, he accepted the advice of national team experts and stopped playing. For six months, he has been focusing on injury recuperation and strength training.
Just after he was dormant for half a year, Su Bingtian, who returned to the arena, was still creating miracles. He led three other youngsters to gold in the men's 4x100m relay at the Asian Games and broke the National Games record.
Under his leadership, the mainland men's relay event once again dominated Asia after 20 years. And 21-year-old Su Bingtian has also gradually attracted the attention of sprinters from other countries.
In 2011, Su Bingtian once again proved his talent with good results. On September 8, he actually ran 10.16 seconds in the 100-meter race of the National Athletics Championships. This time, he not only broke the national record again, but also used his strength to win his ticket to the London Olympics.
In 2012, Su Bingtian turned 23 years old, which was also the first time he participated in the Olympic Games in his career. Therefore, before the arrival of summer, Su Bingtian deliberately slowed down the pace of his participation in various competitions and fully prepared for the Olympics. In May, when he competed in the World Athletics Challenge in Kawasaki, he already produced an astonishing 10.04 seconds to win the championship.
For Su Bingtian, this competition in Japan is very meaningful. Because he stands on the same starting line as many world-class stars, including American Mike Rogers and world champion Kim Collins in Paris.
After the game, these former world champions were shocked by the yellow-skinned guy's performance. In their eyes, the yellow race does not have the advantage of physical fitness in the track and field field, but Su Bingtian told them with practical actions that the Chinese team will also get a place in the track and field field.
Soon after the London Olympics, Su Bingtian's performance in the preliminary round was remarkable, he advanced to the men's 100m semifinals with a time of 10.19 seconds, and he became the first Chinese athlete in the history of mainland athletics to enter the Olympic 100m semifinals.
However, in the final competition, Su Bingtian did not win any medals, but he still left a deep impression on the audience around the world, and also made track and field athletes around the world remember the Chinese name of Su Bingtian.
Although he did not win a medal at the Olympics, Su Bingtian rarely met opponents in China in the following years. In all domestic competitions, Su Bingtian has always been in a state of solitary defeat, no one can beat him on the track, and his goal has changed from winning championships to constantly breaking his own records.
At this time, Su Bingtian also secretly set a goal in his heart, that is, to break through the "ten-second mark" in the 100-meter race. This goal has never been achieved by any yellow person, but Su Bingtian dares to think and do it, and has always regarded it as an important goal in his career.
Sure enough, in the IAAF Diamond League, Su Bingtian actually realized this dream. In the 100m final at Eugene, Su Bingtian really ran 9.99 seconds, and although he only won the bronze medal, he set his own domestic record and Asian record.
More importantly, Su Bingtian finally became the first person in Asia to 100 meters! He is also the only Asian athlete in history to run 10 seconds in the 100-meter race. Just when everyone thought that this result would become the pinnacle of Su Bingtian's sprinting career, he once again refreshed his best result.
In 2015, Su Bingtian actually ran a personal best of 9.98 seconds in the 100m semifinals of the World Athletics Championships in Beijing. As soon as this news came out, in addition to the domestic media, even the Japanese and South Korean media rushed to report his achievement. Since then, he has not only shouldered the dream of Chinese track and field, but also carried the dream of all Asian people to win the championship in athletics.
However, to Su Bingtian's chagrin, he still did not win any medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics. This also disappointed many track and field fans who supported him, is there an "Olympic curse" for Su Bingtian?
Therefore, after returning home from Rio, all of Su Bingtian's training focus revolved around the Tokyo Olympics. In 2021, the Tokyo Olympics finally arrived, and although Su Bingtian only finished sixth in the 100-meter race, his good time of 9.98 seconds made his name famous all over the world. Not only that, but he is also the only Asian athlete to reach the Olympic 100m final.
In addition to his outstanding achievements, Su Bingtian's stable family life and his contribution to China's public welfare are also one of the reasons for his popularity.
Family happiness, intoxicated with public welfare
Because of Su Bingtian's natural baby face, many people don't know that he is already the father of two children. Even though Su Bingtian is now gaining fame and fortune, he still lives in an old house in Guangdong with his wife Lin Yanfang. Even when they got married, they simply had a wedding in this old house.
Although the two live very frugally, both husband and wife spare no effort in charity and public welfare. They have donated a large amount of money to children in poor areas of the mainland to improve the learning environment of these children; Even local nursing homes are regular customers, and they often deliver necessities to the lonely elderly.
In addition, Su Bingtian also donated 1 million yuan to the Chinese track and field team, aiming to cultivate the next generation of young outstanding athletes.
However, after the Tokyo Olympics, Su Bingtian bought a large house for the whole family, according to the designer, this house has a total of five bedrooms and two living rooms, and the area is 290 square meters.
However, Su Bingtian said in an interview that this house is to create a better pension environment for the elderly on both sides, and also for the two children at home to grow up healthily.
Who can not support such a kind and caring world champion?
Epilogue:
For Su Bingtian, the "light of hope" in the Asian athletics world, it is only a matter of time before he retires. According to his career plan, he still has to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics. But at that time, Su Bingtian was already 35 years old, if he could not win any honors in Paris, would he face the same embarrassing situation as "flying man" Liu Xiang, who was ridiculed by the whole Internet?