Preview of Team China in athletics at 2018 Asian Games

China is sending 82 athletes to the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta to compete in 47 athletics events that will take place between August 25 an 30 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Indonesia's capital.

Team China will compete for gold at the men's and women’s 100-meter and 200-meter races, and the4x100 meters relay.

Su Bingtian finished two 100-meter races in 9.91sec in June, tying the record in Asia set by Qatar's Femi Ogunodein 2015. Xi Zhenye set a new record within China at the men’s 200-meter sprinting, clocking 20.16 seconds in May and winning the title at the IAAF World Cup in Athletics in London in July. Both runners are competing for gold in their events.