Photo took on August 1, 2021 shows Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian finished 6th in the men's 100m final with 9.98 seconds, the best result for an Asian athlete in the final race. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

China's star sprinter Su ­Bingtian led Team Guangdong to victory in the men's 4x100m relay during the Zhaoqing leg of the 2025 National Athletics Grand Prix on Sunday. On the previous day, Su chose to ­withdraw from the men's 100m semifinals after setting a time of 10.49 seconds on Friday.

After the 10.49-second run in the heats, Su told the media that it might be his final race in the individual 100 meters.

"I always said I would keep running until I couldn't anymore - and now, I really can't," Su told the media. 

"To qualify for the men's 100 meters at the National Games, I think I need to run around 10.11 seconds. For me, that's no longer a realistic goal."

The 35-year-old Su admitted he even felt slightly out of place competing among younger athletes. 

"Most of the athletes around me were born in the 1990s or 2000s. There are very few of us born in the 1980s left," Su said. "I feel that I have ­persisted to the extreme and have no regrets in my sports career."

"I've been out of the systematic training and competition routine for over two years now. At this stage, I don't think my performance will change much," he said.