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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle

British student sprinter Louie Hinchliffe shatters 10-second barrier in US

Louie Hinchliffe powers to victory in the 100m final of the NCAA Championships on Saturday, becoming the first European to win the race.
Louie Hinchliffe powers to victory in the 100m final of the NCAA Championships on Saturday, becoming the first European to win the race. Photograph: C Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos/Getty Images

Over 9.95 stunning seconds the British sprinter Louie Hinchliffe became the first European to win the men’s 100m at the United States’ National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships on Saturday. Afterwards the 21-year-old from Sheffield revealed how a WhatsApp message to the nine-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis asking him: “Can you fix me?” had changed his life.

“I gave it everything, it’s what I’ve been working for the whole year,” said Hinchliffe after a late burst gave him victory in Eugene, Oregon, in a time that makes him the sixth-quickest Briton ever.

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