Sprinter Su Bingtian's Tokyo heroics a watershed moment for Asian athletics.
   From hurdler Liu Xiang's Athens miracle to Su Bingtian's dash to glory in Tokyo，China's athletes have come a long way on the track in recent years.
   Clocking an Asian-record 9.83 seconds in Tokyo on Sunday，Su became the first Chinese to reach an Olympic 100-meter final， shattering the notion that Asians are not built to succeed in an event long dominated by the West.
    Su's stunning semifinal victory to qualify with the fastest time was already inspiration enough for young sprinters across Asia to follow in his lightning fast steps.
   "After what I did today，I hope they can start to believe that，supported by scientific training，they can also crack the 10-second barrier sooner than they expect，and they can achieve more than I have in the future."
   A false start in the final by Britain's Zharnel Hughes appeared to upset Su's momentum，and he was unable to replicate his explosive semifinal launch when the start gun sounded for a second time.
   Italian sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs took gold in 9.80，ahead of Fred Kerley of the United States （9.84）and Andre de Grasse of Canada （9.89）.
   "I leave with no regrets at all as I gave all I have today and I've proved that us Chinese can run as fast as the world does，"said Su，a 32-year-old Guangdong native.
   I feel quite satisfied with two sub-10s in a row.Maybe I won't be able to achieve another 9.83 again.Today was the best day of my life.
   "I've realized the dreams of generation after generation of Chinese athletes.I think I won't set any personal goals anymore.I will just enjoy the purity of the sport from now on."
   Su's American coach Randy Huntington left the stadium as probably the only member of the Chinese team to feel a little downbeat.
   "I wish we could have gotten China its first medal，but it didn't happen.That's a failure，but it's not a bad failure to have，" said Huntington.
   Huntington reckoned the quick two-hour turnaround from semifinal to final ultimately proved too taxing for Su to grab a medal.
   "This is my fault to a large degree that we didn't exactly train him to be able to come back from that kind of race and do another one just as fast，" he said.
    "I think he could have had a silver medal if we had him a little bit better prepared.He's technically running better.You still need to work on the last part of his race.There's still a conditioning issue in the last 25 meters."
   "Su is the now the fastest athlete of non-African descent or mixed African descent absolutely in history.That's an incredible accomplishment，" said Huntington.
   "Now the floodgates are going to open.You are going to have athletes from all the different Asian countries understand that they can be Su Bingtian as well."

（1）What does it mean by the underlined sentence " shattering the notion that Asians are not built to succeed in an event long dominated by the West."？

D

D

A．Su's success broke the hope that Asians are fit for 100-meter race.
B．Su helps Asians to beat the Wests in the 100-meter race.
C．Su did better than anyone from the West.
D．Su's success proved that Asian could also do well in 100-meter race.
（2）What does the underlined word replicate mean？

B

B

A．do...better
B．do...for the second time
C．do...in a different way
D．do...faster
（3）Which of the following statements is True？

D

D

A．Su wants to win the next Olympic Games in 2024.
B．Fred Kerley won the gold medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympic.
C．Zharnel Hughes didn't finish the semi final race.
D．Randy Huntington thought Su would have won a medal in the race.
（4）According to Huntington，what will probably happen in the near future？

C

C

A．More and more western athletes will take part in the 100-meter final？
B．Less and less Asian athletes will crack the 10-second barrier in the game.
C．More and more Asian athletes will follow Su's example.
D．Less and less western athletes will be interested in the 100-meter race.