British student sprinter Louie Hinchliffe shatters 10-second

Hinchliffe runs 9.95sec for 100m in NCAA final in Oregon21-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 prestigious US collegiate NCAA Championships on Saturday. And afterwards the 21-year-old from Sheffield revealed how a WhatsApp message to 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.