China’s star sprinter Su Bingtian took first place at the men’s 60-meter final with a time of 6.59 seconds during the World Athletics Indoor Tour 2023 Gothenburg Games in Sweden on Thursday. Photo: Courtesy of Xinhua

Su competes in the men’s 100-meter semi-final of the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, July 2022. He failed to advance after finishing 8th in the race. Photo: Jim Watson/VCG

Su takes the baton from Xie Zhenye during a men’s 4x100-meter relay preliminary in the World Athletics Championships in July 2022. Team China didn’t qualify for the final after ranking 6th in the race. Photo: VCG

Su and Italy’s Marcel Jacobs compete in the men’s 100-meter final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, held in August 2021. Su finished 6th and Jacobs claimed gold with a time of 9.80 seconds. Photo: Han Haidan/China News Service, VCG

Su and Xie Zhenye exchange the baton during a men’s 4x100-meter relay preliminary at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The team advanced to the final with a time of 37.92 seconds and was awarded the bronze medal after the U.K. were stripped of the silver due to a doping violation. Photo: Fu Tian/China News Service, VCG

In October 2019, Su and his teammates Bie Ge, Wu Zhiqiang and Xu Zhouzheng finished 6th in the men’s 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, which secured a spot for China in the Tokyo Olympics. Photo: VCG

Su competes in a men’s 60-meter race in the IAAF World Indoor Tour Dusseldorf, Germany, in February 2019. That year, Su claimed three consecutive 60-meter victories within a week at the IAAF World Indoor Tour in Athlone, Birmingham and Dusseldorf. Photo: VCG

Su was crowned Asia’s fastest man in August 2018 after winning the men’s 100-meter final in a time of 9.92 seconds at the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Courtesy of Xinhua

In March 2018, Su claimed a silver medal and clocked his personal best of 6.42 seconds at the men’s 60-meter final during the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, the U.K. Photo: VCG

Su poses with the timer screen after winning the men’s 60-meter final in 6.43 seconds at the IAAF World Indoor Tour in Dusseldorf in February 2018. Photo: VCG