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11:37, 04-Feb-2018
China's Su Bingtian wins 60m title in record time at IAAF World Indoor
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China's Su Bingtian won the men's 60m dash while setting a new Asian record with a time of 6.47 seconds at the IAAF World Indoor Tour in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Su – the only Chinese competitor in Karlsruhe – had a good performance in the preliminary races, finishing first with a time of 6.53 seconds. Starting in lane six, Su fired out of the blocks to take an early lead and finished in record time.
Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Zhang Peimeng and Mo Youxue celebrate after winning silver in the men's 4x100m relay final during day eight of the 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing. /VCG Photo
Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Zhang Peimeng and Mo Youxue celebrate after winning silver in the men's 4x100m relay final during day eight of the 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing. /VCG Photo
The win – Su's second since Berlin just over a week ago – is good enough for him to win a medal in the World Indoor Championships next month. American sprinter Trayvon Bromell won the event's title with the same result in 2016.
Su was a 100m semi-finalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He reached the 100m final at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing with a time of 9.99 seconds to become the first Chinese athlete to dip below the 10-second mark. Along with Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye and Zhang Peimeng, Su also collected a historic silver medal in the men's 4x100m final with a time of 38.01 seconds.