Su Bingtian's world ranking has been emptied! The Chinese team did not meet the standard in Paris, and Xie Zhenye was not recognized in 9.97 seconds
Some time ago, the World Athletics Federation announced the latest issue of the world rankings, and many netizens focused on the women's 100-meter hurdlers Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni, who have recently become popular on the whole network, but ignored a heart-wrenching fact, that is, Su Bingtian's world ranking has been cleared. The fundamental reason is that Su Bingtian announced the early end of the 2023 season due to injury, and he has not scored points for a long time recently. And this situation further squeezed the prospect of Su Bingtian's impact on the Paris Olympics, that is, unless Su Bingtian showed outstanding performance in April and May next year, it is really not a joke to miss Paris.
In the 100-meter semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics, Su Bingtian ran 9.83 seconds to win the first place in the group, breaking the Asian record and becoming the first yellow man in history to stand on the track of the 100-meter final of the Olympic Games. At this moment, not only Chinese netizens, but even many Japanese and Korean netizens are adding oil to Su Bing. Although Su Bingtian was affected by his opponent's running and physical ability in the final, he failed to stand on the podium, but 9.83 seconds is enough to become a beacon for future generations. However, after the Tokyo Olympics, Su Bingtian was plagued by age and injuries, and there were two paths in front of him, one was to retire directly to leave good memories, and the other was to compete in Paris at the age of 35, and Su Bingtian chose the latter.
Su Bingtian has said in public more than once that the goal is the Paris Olympics, and if you want to participate in the Olympic Games, you must first meet the standards. There are two ways to reach Paris, one is to get enough Olympic points by June 30 next year to fight for a higher world ranking. According to the requirements of the World Athletics Federation, at least 5 valid results must be obtained, and the results obtained by superwind speed are invalid. Su Bingtian has no effective results in the 2023 season, and after the start of the 2024 season, the outdoor competition will start in April and May, and Su Bingtian will only have two months to play. In the past two months, Su Bingtian has to fight frequently, and he also has to rely on Tiangong to make beauty and not exceed the wind speed, and it is extremely difficult to win Olympic points.
If the Olympic points don't work, then Su Bingtian has only a second way, that is, within these two months, any game can break the 10-second mark without exceeding the wind speed, and he can go straight to Paris. The Paris Olympics have a mark, and the men's 100-meter mark is 10 seconds. For example, the women's 100-meter hurdles line is 12.77 seconds, Wu Yanni ran 12.76 seconds in the Universiade, and Lin Yuwei ran 12.74 seconds in the Asian Games, both straight to Paris. This requires Su Bingtian to perform his best form after his comeback next year, only need to run 10 seconds, only once, and can go straight to Paris. At present, the Chinese team has not yet passed directly to Paris in the men's 100 meters, and Xie Zhenye's 9.97 seconds in the Asian Games is not recognized as super wind speed, depending on next year's efforts.
Speaking of which, it is not difficult to understand why Su Bingtian gave up the Asian Games and the 2023 season. Before the official announcement, Su Bingtian must have made a lot of determination, which requires the courage of a strong man to gamble on Paris. Regardless of success or failure, Su Bingtian deserves respect, but we still hope that the 35-year-old will be able to fulfill his dream in Paris without regrets.