OLYMPICS: Fastest times of all the Asian Sprinters in the 100m dash. China and Japan made it to Finals of 4x100m Relay.

The 100m dash in the track and field event is the marquee event of the Olympics. The winner of this event claims the title of the Fastest Man Alive.  Asian runners have been on the rise in the past decade as more and more athletes from Asian countries qualify for the 100 meter. Below is the list of all the Asian runners in the 2020/21 Tokyo Olympics,

ATHLETE	COUNTRY	FASTEST TIME(seconds)	RESULTS
SU Bingtian	China	9.83	Round 1 Heat 4, Qualified for Semi, Qualified for Finals. 2nd fastest time. Asian-record
YAMAGATA Ryota	Japan	10.15	Round 1 Heat 3
XIE Zhenye	China	10.16	Round 1 Heat 3
WU Zhiqiang	China	10.18	Round 1 Heat 1
YANG Chun-Han	Taipei	10.21	Round 1 Heat 1
TADA Shuhei	Japan	10.22	Round 1 Heat 1
KOIKE Yuki	Japan	10.22	Round 1 Heat 4

 

— MEN’S 100m Race (World’s Fastest Man) —

WATCH Men’s Round 1 Heat 4:  Su Bingtian finishes in top2 to advance to semi-finals

WATCH Men’s Semi-Finals 3:  Su Bingtian wins his qualifying race and sets Asian Olympic record of 9.83 seconds

WATCH Men’s 100m Finals:  Su Bingtian is first Chinese man to reach finals of 100m in the Olympics

 

 

— MEN’S 4x100m Relay Race (World’s Fastest Country) —

WATCH Men’s 4x100m Relay – Round 1 Heat 1:  Japan 100m relay team reaches final by finishing top 3 in qualifying run

WATCH Men’s 4x100m Relay – Round 1 Heat 2:  China beats out Italy and USA to finish first place in qualifying run

WATCH Men’s 4x100m Finals:  China and Japan in the finals of the 100m Relay race, China edges ahead of Jamaica