QuickCheck: Is China's current 100m sprint champ the only Asian who has broken the 10-second barrier?


THE fastest man in Asia currently is China's Su Bingtian, whose imposing physique makes him easily recognisable. The 33-year-old, who is pretty stout for a sprinter, is 172cm tall and holds the Asian 100m record with a superb time of 9.83s recorded at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

But is the man known for his thunderous thighs the first Asian athlete to break the sub-10-second barrier?

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True or Not , 100m , Sprinters , Su Bingtian , 10 Seconds

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