Rising sprint star Louie Hinchliffe stunned Britain’s best to secure a fairytale Olympic 100m qualification at the UK Athletics Championships, as Daryll Neita stormed to the women’s title in Manchester.
Hinchliffe continued his sensational breakthrough year by clocking 10.18 seconds in miserable conditions to beat 2022 champion Jeremiah Azu, who also secured his place on Team GB by virtue of his top-two finish.
It comes three weeks after 21-year-old Hinchliffe became the first European man to win the United States’ collegiate 100m title in 9.95secs, which put him sixth on the British all-time list.
“It means everything to be going to Paris,” Hinchliffe said. “I will go with the attitude that I can win. I seem to do well in the high-pressure situations, so who knows.”