Data map: Su Bingtian at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Chinanews Client Beijing, August 29th (Xing Rui) On August 29th, Chinese track and field athlete Su Bingtian ushered in his 31st birthday. In this extraordinary year, the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics is testing the aging sports veterans. For Su Bingtian, this suffering seems more difficult to resolve. Although the year has passed, he walked firmly on the road of chasing dreams.
Looking back at the past 30 years old, Su Bingtian's career was "returning first and then rising," in his own words, "like riding a roller coaster." In the indoor competition early last year, he won three championships in the 60m race in one go. While everyone was expecting him to shine in the Doha World Championships, Su Bingtian's waist was injured in training.
Because of the impact of the waist injury, Su Bingtian finally broke Doha. Later in an interview with CCTV, he bluntly said that 2019 was a bit bumpy: "How can I say, it's like falling down suddenly in a high place."
Data map: Su Bingtian at the Jakarta Asian Games award ceremony. Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
Indeed, before experiencing the trough, Su Bingtian had always been the person standing on the altar. Especially in 2018, he completed a game that cannot be bypassed in his entire career and even in the history of Asian track and field.
In the IAAF Madrid Challenge that year, 28-year-old Su Bingtian won the men's 100m final in 9 seconds 91. This result not only refreshed his personal record, but also tied the Asian record, leaving a strong mark in the history of Chinese track and field.
It was also that year that Su Bingtian ushered in the peak of his career. He broke through the men's 100 meters 10 seconds mark three times in a row and won the title of "Su Shen".
Data map: On August 26th, the Jakarta Asian Games men's 100-meter track and field final was held. Chinese star Su Bingtian won the championship with a time of 9.92 seconds. Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Even though Su Bingtian was 29 years old that year, but fortunately, he kept his feet on the ground all the way and realized his accumulation before the age of 30. Compared with other track and field athletes, Su Bingtian's achievements are enough to make others admire and look up. But in Su Bingtian's heart, he is still looking forward to new games and faster records.
Su Bingtian once wrote on his personal social media: "Don't live in the record, live for the record." Previously, there have been media reports that Su Bingtian hopes to break the 9.90 mark in the future.
If there is no new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Tokyo Olympics stage, which has already fallen behind the curtain, may be where he fulfilled his promise. But plans often fail to keep up with changes. The one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics means that Su Bingtian not only has to face younger opponents, but also face rising age. But this time, Su Bingtian chose to race against time.
Data map: On August 25, 2018, in the men's 100m preliminaries for the Asian Games in Jakarta, the Chinese flying man Su Bingtian set off on the fifth lane of the third group. He won the first place in the group with an absolute advantage with a result of 10.27 seconds. Another Chinese contestant, Xu Zhouzheng, won the second place in the third group with 10.40 seconds and also successfully qualified for the semi-finals. The picture shows Su Bingtian in the game. Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Huafeng
He once said: "This Olympics may be his last Olympics, and his single goal is to enter the finals; I have a deep feeling for the relay, so I hope that next year I can stand on the podium and give myself A perfect end to his sports career."
It is not difficult to see that Su Bingtian is full of longing and expectation for the Tokyo Olympics. But how can it be smooth sailing on the road to chasing dreams.
During the previous closed training period, every Monday to Saturday, Su Bingtian would go to the infirmary on the first floor of the male apartment of the State Sports General Administration Training Bureau after dinner to receive massage conditioning to relieve the 31-year-old body and joints caused by high-intensity training. pressure.
With the birth of his son, Su Bingtian also had the softest place in his heart. He is looking forward to his two-year-old son to be able to see his father's game on the sidelines. This sweetest burden may also be the biggest motivation for Su Bingtian to continue running.
After he missed the 100-meter final at the Doha World Championships last year, Su Bingtian made a promise: "I want to prove myself on the track." To him, the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics is a challenge as well as an opportunity. As he grows older, he also has more time to prepare for the Olympics.
How about people over 30? If you compare life to a race track, Su Bingtian's journey has not passed halfway. He always uses the fastest speed to chase a better self. (Finish)