Su Bingtian: The runner-up of the post-80s in a bunch of post-00s There are 3 ways to go to the Paris Olympics

Su Bingtian's season debut is over.

Unlike many times before, this time it wasn't the champion, it was the runner-up.

However, 60 meters, running 6.66 seconds, is also good. It seems that the subconscious foreshadows a blessing for the veteran - "666, Shun Shun Shun." ”

As the absolute leader and façade of China's 100 meters, Su Bingtian, who had been silent for several months, is back.

In a few months, the Paris Olympics will begin. With his fourth Olympic opportunity just around the corner, he is approaching his 35th birthday this summer and is still dreaming of Paris. This hero, who once ran 9.83 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics and made countless Chinese and yellow people shout for it, is looking forward to writing a legendary story again three years later.

That's right, Su Bingtian, he still has to keep running.

A bunch of post-00s runner-ups in the 80s

In the end, Su Bingtian was the runner-up.

lost to his "apprentice and junior brother" Chen Guanfeng, only 0.01 seconds short.

It was his first race of the new season, and even if it was only 60 meters, it attracted a lot of attention.

In the final he was in the second group and was placed in lane four.

On the left and right, Chen Guanfeng, who is known as "Su Bingtian's successor", is 00 years, and Wang Shengjie from Shandong is also 00 years. On the other side, Deng Xinrui from Jinan University, 03 years, Sui Gaofei who represented Jiangsu in 01 years, and Li Yanjing who represented Heilongjiang in 00 years. All post-00s, all young faces. The oldest of these people is only 24 years old, and he doesn't even have a post-90s generation.

And Su Bingtian, who is surrounded by them, is a post-80s generation.

When he was as old as Chen Guanfeng, Su Bingtian's side was Zhang Peimeng. In fact, this big brother, who is only two years older than Su Bingtian, has been retired for almost seven years in a blink of an eye. "Lightning" Bolt, who once couldn't run Su Bingtian in the first 60 meters, also retired at the age of 31 in the same year.

In sprinting, especially in the 100m, which has always emphasized speed and passion, and explosiveness and breakthrough, age seems to be a barrier, an obstacle that prevents you from climbing to the top. Experience is important, but you have to face the harsh reality that as you get older, your body becomes less functional, and your speed slows down. You have to understand that no matter how fast the flying man is, he will not have time to be fast.

The data can probably prove this: turning over the history of Chinese men's 100 meters, Xie Zhenye's fastest time was 9.91 seconds, which was created at the age of 23, Zhang Peimeng's 10.04 seconds was set at the age of 26, and Chen Guanfeng, who won the 60-meter championship this time, created the fastest time of 10.06 seconds in the 100 meters, which was 21 years old (of course, he is still young and has a great chance to break through). In addition to them, players like Wu Zhiqiang, Liang Jinsheng, and Xu Zhouzheng, the fastest time of about 10.10 seconds, were all created in their 20s.

The only exception is Su Bingtian. Su Bingtian was nearly 32 years old when he ran a god-like time of 9.83 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics.

This year, Su Bingtian is about to be 35 years old, and when the players around him have become post-00s, they have all become his junior brothers, and even apprentices, and he is still running on the track.

The Fourth Olympics?Three Ways to Paris

So, since it is the first appearance of the season, what is Su Bingtian's performance?

For Su Shen, the 60-meter, 6.66 seconds time is not fast. In March 2018, six years ago, he ran a national record of 6.42 seconds in Birmingham. The last two times, in Gethenburg, Sweden, in February last year, also made his season debut, and he ran 6.59 seconds to win the final. In 2021, he returned to competition after 17 months, and on the same venue - Chengdu Xipu Track and Field Base, he ran 6.49 seconds to win the championship, creating the fastest Asian indoor men's 60m time this season, ranking third in the world.

Of course, the older he gets, the more negligent Su Bingtian naturally wants to ensure the "smoothness" of his debut, and he is aiming for Paris, so there is no need to exert all his strength here. Secondly, for Su Bingtian, his focus is still on the 100-meter event.

Su Bingtian, who almost didn't play in the past season due to injury, has cleared his points. When the world rankings disappeared last October, Su Bingtian had already responded to questions about his participation in the Paris Olympics – he would definitely continue to try to participate, but whether he would succeed is unknown.

Now, the old man is in ambush, and the veteran has returned. To make it to the Paris Olympics, he has to get off to a fresh start.

In front of him, there were three ways to get to Paris.

1. Reach the Olympic Points: Participate in 10 competitions in the first half of 24 years and accumulate 5 valid results;

(Valid results: Participate in the Grand Prix, Championships, Championships hosted by the Chinese Athletics Association, or international competitions with World Athletics Federation points selected or approved by the Chinese Athletics Association from January 1 to June 30, 2024.) ）

2. Run into the 10-second mark: run into 10 seconds again within the standard period to qualify for the Olympics;

3. Participate in the 100-meter relay: Go to Paris as a member of the 100-meter relay of the track and field team.

As the first Chinese athlete to qualify for the semi-finals and finals of the 100m Olympic Games, Su Bingtian has experienced three Olympic Games in London, Rio and Tokyo, and has also achieved results that can be recorded in the history of China's 100m. But apparently, he's still looking forward to his fourth Olympic trip.

The above three ways, no matter which one, Su Bingtian has to hurry up. From the perspective of individual projects, whether it is the standard period or the qualifying period, the deadline is June 30. As for the relay event, Su Bingtian will first participate in the test, be shortlisted for the squad, and then strive to participate in the World Relay Championships in the Bahamas in early May.

The hero returns and keeps running

Regardless of what happened in Paris a few months later, Su Bingtian returned.

Come back, it's good.

When he stood on the track again, it was a bit of a trance - he hadn't been on the track for a long time. For more than half a year, people have remembered him for the large part of the remarks before the Asian Games, as well as the news about the disappearance of the world rankings. The rest of the moment, it seems that there is no splash.

He seems to have been forgotten.

Before that, he hadn't had a long break. All kinds of injuries, back injuries, ankle injuries, have stopped him in his tracks. But he always seems to have a peculiar ability to return to the highlights in the trough, and even hit the higher peaks.

As early as 2011, at the age of 22, he ran 10.16 seconds, breaking the national record that had stood for 13 years, and the following year in London, he became the first Chinese male athlete to reach the semi-finals of the 100m Olympic Games. You said that the god of fate does not favor him, he has been up and down all these years, and he has not even won the national championship for many years - lost to his big brother Zhang Peimeng in 2013, and lost to his little brother Xie Zhenye in 2017, and he didn't get it until 2021, when he was 32 years old.

In his words, "Heaven has been testing me to see if you give up, and if you don't give up, I will give it to you if I don't give up." "At the Tokyo Olympics, before the gun rang out in the semi-finals and ran 9.83 seconds, Su Bingtian made a move: the index finger and thumb were pinched together in the middle, and a little distance was compared. Su Bingtian meant, "Just make a little bit of progress." ”

This is what he has been pursuing for many years. To this end, he paid for self-discipline beyond ordinary people.

The national sprint team trains in the United States, not far from Disneyland and Universal Studios. Going there to play has become a spice program for the players, and sometimes, the whole team will participate. There is only one exception - Su Bingtian never goes, just rests in the room;

For sleeping and getting up, he is as precise as a mechanical watch. No matter who his roommate is, what time he goes to bed, what he does next to him, he will go to bed at 10:30, put on an eye patch, and sleep on his own. The next morning, I woke up at 7 o'clock;

He didn't drink a single drink, he felt that alcohol would affect his ability to listen to guns, as a Cantonese he didn't even drink soup, and he avoided meat and avoided clenbuterol......

Big brother Zhang Peimeng commented on him, "Su Bingtian is quite like a glass of boiled water." This seems to be the biggest compliment to him, "He's always been 100% himself. ”

Therefore, all this, little by little accumulation, finally achieved such a "Su Bingtian". After so many years of active activity on the men's 100-meter track in China, he has become the highest mountain and the longest river.

Finally, let's end with a quote from People magazine:

In 2014, he thought about retiring. In 2015, he continued to run. 9.99 seconds.

In 2017, he thought about retiring. In 2018, he continued to run. 9.91 seconds.

In 2019, he thought about retiring. In 2021, he continued to run. 9.83 seconds.

In 2024, Su Bingtian will continue to run.