Pale skin, wiry frame and Clark Kent spectacles – Bronson Hearn-Smith does not resemble your average sprinter. In fact, he would look more at home in a science lesson than on an athletics track. But Hearn-Smith has traded biology for biomechanics, running 10.65 seconds in the 100m and 21.40 seconds in the 200m aged just 15.
Over the past two months the Colchester teenager has become a viral sensation. On 4 July Hearn-Smith uploaded a video of his 100m race at a local schools championship to Instagram. He won, obviously. But it was the way he ran that caught people’s attention.
