Lao Yi

Lao Yi is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting. He made his international debut at the 2010 [IAAF Continental Cup], where he finished sixth in the 100 metres, representing Asia.
He was the surprise winner of the 100 m gold medal at Athletics at the [2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games] with a time of 10.24 seconds. The race favourites were eliminated in qualifying and his win in the final made him the first Chinese athlete to take the 100 m title in Asian Games history. He then anchored the Chinese 4×100 metres relay team to a second gold medal, recording a time of 38.78 seconds to break the List of [Asian Games records in athletics|Asian Games record] as well as the Chinese national record for the event, running alongside Lu Bin, Liang Jiahong and Su Bintian.
He is of Hakka descent and he is hailing from Hepu County.