The Teenagers Tearing Up the 100-Meter Race
The clip showed Bronson Hearn-Smith winning a 100-meter race in a schools championship in Colchester, northeast of London—and instantly went bonkers. Track fans reposted it again and again, obsessing in the comments over the bespectacled 15-year-old with moptop hair who sped to the finish line without appearing to strain. His time was 10.68 seconds.
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