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Julien Alfred (born 10 June 2001) is a Saint Lucian sprinter. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres event , setting a new national record of 10.72s in the final. Her medal was the first-ever Olympic medal for Saint Lucia .
Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred ran away from Richardson with startling ease, streaking across the finish line in a blazing 10.72 seconds to claim first place and win her Caribbean nation its first ...
Racing in a downpour, Alfred seized the lead from her first strides and was never seriously challenged while winning in 10.72 seconds to earn the first Olympic medal in any sport for Saint Lucia ...
Sha’Carri Richardson took second place in the women’s 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics, winning a silver medal at her first Games.. Richardson came in second place, with a time of 10.87 ...
Saint Lucian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):. [2] Julien Alfred made history on 3 August 2024 by winning gold in the women's 100m final.
PARIS — Julien Alfred awoke at 5 a.m. on the morning of the Olympic 100-meter final feeling like she needed some extra inspiration. The St. Lucia sprinter opened her journal and wrote the words ...
The men's 100 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [1] 84 athletes were expected to compete; 27 nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 56 qualifying through standard time or ranking (23 universality places were used in 2016).
Alfred won the event in 10.72 seconds on Saturday in what was the eighth-fastest women’s 100 time in history. Her margin of victory was the second largest in an Olympic final since 2008, too.