Su Bingtian can go even faster – he’s ‘taking a knife to a gunfight’ without custom-made shoes, says coach
China sprint star can finish among top five of all time, according to Randy Huntington, with 9.91 national record remarkable given lack of specialist footwear
He ran the fifth fastest 100 metres of the year while still waiting for his custom Nike running shoes to be made, but Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian isn’t even close to finished, according to coach Randy Huntington.
“His best race, if he can hit all cylinders, would probably be just under 9.8, but those have got to be perfect things and they don’t happen very often,” Huntington said.
“There is a lot of upside to his ability. His potential is around 9.78. That would put him close to top five of all time.
“He is ready to run faster. He still doesn’t have his custom shoes from Nike, which they are currently making. I told him, ‘you are taking a knife to a gunfight’.
“The rest of these guys are wearing custom shoes and Su is a very powerful guy and he needs a shoe that is a whole lot stiffer than what he is running in.”