On April 25, it was reported that this weekend's East Coast relays track and field competition will be held in Jacksonville, Florida. In the men's 100m competition, the name of Chinese flyer Su Bingtian appeared, which will be Su Bingtian's 100m debut of the season, and at the same time, he will participate in the 100m race again after nearly two years.
Judging from the registration information, Su Bingtian will start in Group 2, and the opponent in the same group includes another Chinese player, Wu Zhiqiang. In addition, Xie Zhenye, Yan Haibin and Deng Zhijian will also participate in the 100-meter competition of the event. Xie Zhenye is in Group 1, Yan Haibin is in Group 3, and Deng Zhijian is in Group 4.
This men's 100-meter race is Su Bingtian's second time to participate in the 100-meter battle after nearly 2 years. The last time he competed in the 100m was at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, when Su Bingtian ran 10.15 seconds in the preliminaries to advance to the semi-finals, but missed out on 10.30 seconds in the semi-finals.
In the past 2023 season, Su Bingtian did not participate in the World Championships and Asian Games due to physical reasons. Due to a long period of absence, Su Bingtian's 100m points have been cleared, which means that he will need to run the 10-second mark if he wants to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
After his comeback this season, Su Bingtian participated in the 60m race at the Chengdu Station of the National Indoor Track and Field Grand Prix, and then left for the United States to prepare for the competition, and participated in several relay races with his teammates, gradually adapting to the rhythm of the competition. After competing in this week's East Coast relays 100m, So will compete in the 2024 World Relay Championships on May 4 and 5.
According to the schedule, the men's 100m race in the East Coast relays track and field competition will be held on April 27 local time (early morning of the 28th Beijing time), looking forward to Su Bingtian's 100-meter debut of the season.