China's Su reaches 100m final

(L-R) Usain Bolt of Jamaica, Su Bingtian of China, Christophe Lemaitre of France, Andre De Grasse of Canada, Julian Reus of Germany (back) and Trayvon Brommell of the US compete in the men's 100 metres semi-final at the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China August 23, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

BEIJING - Chinese Su Bingtian clocked 9.99 seconds to reach the men's 100m final at the world athletics championships here on Sunday. Su is the first ever Asian in a world championships 100m final.

The Chinese will compete in the nine-sprinter final at 21:15 local time, which also includes Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell.

Su jumped to fame with a 9.99 in the Eugene Grand Prix on May 30.