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Tokyo Olympics: Su Bingtian’s 100m sprint final tops China TV ratings for Games
- Chinese sprint star did not win a medal but comes out in front in CCTV’s television ratings
- Sports channel reports increase in viewership as table tennis dominates top 10 most watched events
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Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian may not have won a medal in the men’s 100m final but he topped the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games television ratings back home.
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Data published by China Central Television (CCTV) put Su’s 100m sprint showpiece in first place of its top 10 most-watched events from the Tokyo Games.
Su entered the final after posting a new Asian record time of 9.83 seconds in his semi-final but missed out on a medal in the final. The event had a 4.8 per cent share of the audience.
The men’s team table tennis final between China and Germany was the second most-watched event, with the women’s team table tennis final between China and Japan third.
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The fourth to sixth most-watched events were the women‘s 4x100m relay final, men’s 4x100m relay final, and women’s 1,500m final respectively.
China’s female sprinters ended a 21-year wait to reach the final, where they finished sixth, while China’s men, led by Su, finished fourth in their 4x100m relay final.
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