The reason why Tang Xingqiang only runs relay is that Tang Xingqiang broke the record in his relay.

1, August 6, 2021, in the Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian and Wu Zhiqiang composed of China's "relay team" in the Tokyo Olympics men's 4 × 100 meters final ran 37 seconds 79 times, finished fourth.

2, September 21, 2021, Tang Xingqiang and Lin Qibang and other Fujian athletes in the 4 × 200 meters preliminaries ran a record breaking national record and the Asian record of 1:21.54 time.