Sub-10 Su savours Asiad gold, not fussy about time


Athletics - 2018 Asian Games - Men's 100m, Final - GBK Main Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia Ð August 26, 2018 Su Bingtian of China celebrates after winning the race REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Su Bingtian could not improve his personal best in his triumphant 100 metres sprint at the Asian Games but the Chinese sprinter is happy as long as the gold medals keep coming.

Su was the first Asian-born sprinter to run the blue riband event in under 10 seconds and shares the continental record with Qatar's Nigerian-born Femi Ogunode at 9.91 seconds.

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