Colchester’s Arian Owen was just having a stretch when his proud mum noticed it bore a remarkable resemblance to a certain sprinter’s signature pose.

And now, thanks to the power of social media, the photo of little Arian has become an internet hit.

Claire Owen, 35, tweeted Usain Bolt the picture and within about 15 minutes he had retweeted it, called Arian “a natural”.

He did the same with photos of nine other babies pulling his pose, who are now being called “Bolt Babies”.

Freelance journalist and copyrighter Claire took the picture when Arian was eight weeks old as he was being weighed by the health worker.

Read the full story and interview in tomorrow’s Gazette.