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China's Su clinches men's 100m title at Shanghai meeting

Xinhua, May 13, 2017 Adjust font size:

China's star sprinter Su Bingtian claimed the men's 100m title at the Shanghai Diamond League here on Saturday.

After two false starts that seen Isiah Young of USA and Japan's Yoshihide Kiryu disqualified, Chinese national record holder Su, who boasts a career best of 9.99 seconds, sprinted to a season best of 10.09s to seal the gold, becoming the first Chinese to win the event at an IAAF Diamond League meeting.

Michael Rodgers of USA trailed 0.04s behind to finish second and Ben Youssef Meite of Cote d'Ivoire finished third in 10.15s. Endit