China's Su Bingtian equals 100m Asian record
Paris, July 1 : China's star sprinter Su Bingtian continued his soaring form into the current season as he clocked 9.91 seconds to finish third in the men's 100 meter race at the Paris leg of the 2018 IAAF Diamond League, levelling the Asian record for the second time in nine days.
A quick reaction time of 0.127s gave Su an early boost but he was outraced by Ronnie Baker of the US right in front of the finish, reports Xinhua news agency.
Baker wrapped up his thrilling victory with a tied world leading time of 9.88s on Saturday.
Su and Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut both clocked 9.91s, and were separated by the photo finish with Su settling for the third place with a deficit of three-thousandths of a second.
Last Friday, Su achieved such feat for the first time in Madrid, cutting 0.08s off his career best while improving the national record by 0.06s. He also leveled the continental record set by Femi Ogunode of Qatar three years ago.
Su, 28, has been enjoying a flying start in 2018. He bettered the 60m Asian indoor record for three times before earning a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
