On the evening of July 4, the Chinese Athletics Association announced the list of participants of the Chinese team at the Paris Olympics, and sprinter Su Bingtian was not listed. The 34-year-old has competed in three previous Olympic Games. He ran 9.83 seconds in the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics, setting a new Asian record, becoming the first Chinese athlete to reach the men's 100-meter final at the Olympic Games, and finally finished sixth. In addition, he also helped the Chinese men's 4×100m relay team win the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Regarding the failure to participate in the Paris Olympics, Su Bingtian said that he had done his best. But he didn't want to give up just like that, he wanted to try again.
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Don't retreat without a fight, either
In March this year, Su Bingtian traveled to the United States to prepare for the Chinese relay team to successfully qualify for the Paris Olympics. In the end, the Chinese team successfully qualified, but Su Bingtian did not play.
In Su Bingtian's opinion, his physical condition is not at the level where he can represent the national team. "I also communicated with the coaching staff before the game. Whether I run or not is not the most important thing, it is the team that qualifies for the Paris Olympics is the most important thing. ”
So Bingtian said that from last year to this year, he has been preparing for the Paris Olympics, but his form has not been ideal. As he gets older, Su Bingtian said frankly that he doesn't want to give up like this, he still wants to give himself another chance.
Su Bingtian summed up his sports career with the word "fulfillment". As early as 2017, he decided to retire, but still achieved results in 2018 and 2021 that he thought was impossible. He said he wanted to stick with it and didn't want to be a deserter. "I want to be a man who dies in battle. Just like Usain Bolt, even if the last game is lost. I want to be on the track and lose this game, and I don't want to be a guy who can't afford to play and leave the stadium. ”
At present, Su Bingtian has returned to Guangzhou, and he has not yet considered whether he will pursue a coaching career in the future, but he will pass on his experience.
Complete the replacement of the old and the new
The Chinese men's relay team is looking forward to new glories
At the Paris Olympics, the Chinese team will be represented by Xie Zhenye in the men's 100 meters, and the men's 4× 100 meters relay team composed of Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye, Yan Haibin and Chen Jiapeng.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese relay team led by Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye finally won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100m relay, creating history. In the Hangzhou Asian Games, Xie Zhenye led three "post-00" youngsters to "reverse and win the championship", opening a new chapter for China's relay. In the Paris Olympics, the Chinese team will have "post-00" athletes officially participate in the men's 4×100m relay competition at the Olympic Games for the first time. After "lineup changes, new and old inheritance", a new generation of Chinese relays will set foot on their young battlefield in August this year.
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On October 3, 2023, in the men's 4×100m relay final of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Chen Jiapeng, the fourth baseman of the Chinese team, surpassed the Japanese team at the last moment, and the Chinese team won the championship with a time of 38.29 seconds. At that time, Chen Jiapeng had just turned 21 years old. Let Chen Jiapeng shoulder the burden of the last baton of the relay was decided half a month before the start of the Hangzhou Asian Games. Due to the absence of Su Bingtian and Wu Zhiqiang due to injury, only one veteran member of the Chinese team, Xie Zhenye, carried the flag and led Chen Jiapeng, Yan Haibin and Chen Guanfeng, three post-00 youngsters, to compete in the men's 100-meter relay.
Chen Jiapeng feels that the veterans have given them a lot of passion, "Big brothers can do that, we can also do better, and the milestone is to be surpassed!" ”
Young people's rhetoric is not empty talk. In April this year, Chen Jiapeng ran a personal best of 10.08 seconds in a men's 100-meter race in the United States, becoming the fifth Chinese athlete to run 10.10 seconds after Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Zhang Peimeng and Chen Guanfeng.
On May 4, in the men's 4×100m relay preliminaries of the World Relay Championships, the Chinese team composed of Xie Zhenye, Wu Zhiqiang, Yan Haibin and Chen Jiapeng ran a season's best time of 38.25 seconds, ranking second in the group and directly qualifying for the Paris Olympics. In this important competition related to Olympic qualification, Chen Jiapeng is still the fourth baton.
"The only way to do this is to rush forward and run as fast as you can." Chen Jiapeng said, "There is indeed a sense of mission, but we also don't put pressure on each other, every stick of people stand in the position of each stick, we all believe in each other." ”
For the relay project, a relatively stable lineup is particularly crucial. But since the 2018 season, the last man in the Chinese men's relay team has been changing frequently. Giving the crucial fourth baton of the relay to a young athlete in his early twenties is also unusual on the international stage.
The bold arrangement of the coaching staff of the Chinese track and field team, with a solid reserve as confidence, proves the strength of the young athletes, and also allows the Chinese team to better complete the relay for the relay. When Su Bingtian's state is difficult to return to the peak and Xie Zhenye is getting older, the Chinese relay team is going through the pain of replacing the old and the new and opening a new chapter.
Huang Danwei, coach of the men's 4×100m relay of the Chinese track and field team, said frankly that since last year's Asian Games, the men's sprint has entered the stage of replacing the old and the new, and is in a difficult period. This year is slightly better, but it is still in a precarious state.
At present, the Chinese relay training team composed of two veteran players, Xie Zhenye and Wu Zhiqiang, as well as four young players, Yan Haibin, Chen Jiapeng, Deng Zhijian and Chen Jinfeng, is undergoing intensive training in Italy. The team will focus on improving the stability of the baton handover technology, strengthening the tacit understanding of cooperation, and doing a good job in detail control.
Under the August sun, the Chinese team will step onto the purple track of the Stade de France, stepping on the young battlefield belonging to the new generation of Chinese relays.
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