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  Su Bingtian is the first ever Asian sprinter to break the ten second barrier on the 100 metre dash. Despite being five inches shorter than an average sprinter, his record of 6.42 seconds in the 60 metre dash is the fastest time in Asia and places him in the top five world wide. He even broke the 10 second barrier on the 100 metre dash.           Bingtian was born on the 29th of August, 1989 in the Guangdong province of China. His early career went mostly unnoticed until he obtained three straight wins in the Asian Grand Prix series in May of 2009. In 2011, he set a new Chinese record of 6.56 seconds in the 60 metre dash, and soon won the 2011 Asian Athletics Championship with a personal best of 10.21 seconds in the 100 metre dash, establishing himself as the top sprinter in China. Bingtian leading the sprint at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics semi finals for the 100 meter dash. Source For Su, 2013 started off strong with two national records in the 60 me...

          Hamadou Djibo Isaaka was a gardener working in the Niger capital, and a modest swimming pool attendant until the day when the International Olympic Committee offered him a wild card, guaranteeing his qualification in the Olympic Games. The wild card policy was created to allow Niger, the landlocked country situated in a desert, with no formal rowing clubs, lakes, equipment, or even head start, to have an Olympic rower. That leads to Isaaka’s first time ever being in a boat three months before the Olympics of 2012, in which he was to compete.  Watch as Isaaka valiantly pulls towards the finish line. Source Now three month later, with the best efforts from Isaaka, it is not surprising that the Sculling Sloth, or Isaaka the Otter, didn’t manage to get to the finals. In fact, the closest he got to the finish line was 8 minutes and 36 seconds, more than a minute and half slower than the qualification requirement. However, the crowd didn’t root for...