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Racing in the pouring rain, Julien Alfred stormed to the 100m title to create history for Saint Lucia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday (3).
Alfred won her nation’s first ever senior global medal in athletics when she gained world indoor 60m gold in Glasgow in March. Now she has become her nation’s first Olympic medallist in any sport and she made sure that maiden medal was a gold one, clinching a clear victory in a national record of 10.72 to beat world champion Sha’Carri Richardson and her US compatriot Melissa Jefferson.
Alfred – lined up in lane six, with Richardson to her right and Jefferson to her left – got off to a great start. Although Richardson powered through in trademark style, the 23-year-old couldn’t be caught and Richardson settled for silver in 10.87, as Jefferson got bronze in 10.92.
The top six all dipped under 11 seconds and Britain’s Daryll Neita was next over the finish line in 10.96, finishing fourth ahead of USA’s Twanisha Terry and Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji.
SOURCE: WORLD ATHLETICS
