Chinese sprinter Su wins 60m final in Athlone

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China's Su Bingtian Wednesday won the 60 meters at the AIT International Indoor Grand Prix in Athlone, Republic of Ireland.

There is a confusing part of his record result: the Athletics Ireland via Twitter and Chinese media, for example, Xinhua, CCTV5 and Sina Sport, reported it as 6.52 seconds.

Screenshot of Athletics Ireland via Twitter

Screenshot of CCTV5 and Sina Sport via Weibo

But both the Athlone IT and AIT Sport tweeted that it was 6.53 seconds, which could be further supported by the timer's screenshot of his live performance.

Screenshot of Athlone IT via Twitter

Screenshot of Su's record of 6.53 seconds on the timer during his final race via Weibo

There were 14 runners participating in this event. Divided into two groups for the preliminaries, Su who won silver at the World Indoor Championships last year, competed in lane five at the event.

The runner-up was Kamakawi Takuna of Japan with a personal best record of 6.58 seconds, and the third was Confidence Lawson of the UK who finished in 6.70 seconds.

For the 29-year-old Chinese, Su is also the only Asian sprinter to run within 10 seconds for the 100 meters.

His opponents also included local hopefuls Marcus Lawler, who was the four-time Irish national indoor champion, and fresh talent Leo Morgan.

(CGTN Sports Scene's Hu Shichen also contributed to the story.)