Article 6NCPM British student sprinter Louie Hinchliffe shatters 10-second barrier in US

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

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Sean Ingle
from US news | The Guardian on (#6NCPM)
  • Hinchliffe runs 9.95sec for 100m in NCAA final in Oregon
  • 21-year-old had asked Olympic great Carl Lewis for advice

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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