Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred won the women's 100m gold amidst a downpour at the Stade de France in the Paris Olympic Games 2024 on Saturday, August 4. (Medal Table | Schedule & Results | Full Coverage)
Women's 100m Final, Paris Games 2024: Julien Alfred Snaps Up Historic Gold For St Lucia
Alfred ran 10.72 seconds to finish at the top of the podium with Sha'carri Richardson in second whilst her compatriot Melissa Jefferson finished third
She ran 10.72 seconds to finish at the top of the podium. World Champion Sha'carri Richardson came in second with a 10.87 whilst her compatriot Melissa Jefferson was third with a 10.92 run.
For a nation that is mad about it's cricket, Alfred's first-ever Olympic medal for the Caribbean nation, should really be taken notice of.
Alfred's final time is also the joint eighth on the all-time list for the quickest women’s 100m runs at the Olympic Games.
Following were the starting line-up with lane numbers:
2 Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland)
3 Marie-Josee Lou-Smith (Ivory Coast)
4 Tia Clayton (Jamaica)
5 Melissa Jefferson (USA)
6 Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia)
7 Sha’carri Richardson (USA)
8 Daryll Neita (Great Britain)
9 Twanisha Terry (USA)
Earlier, Two-time Olympic 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had pulled out of the 100-meter semi-final at the Paris Games.
No immediate reason was given for Fraser-Pryce’s scratch, which came up on the scoreboard only moments before she was supposed to race Sha’Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred in the evening’s second semi-final.
The 37-year-old mom, who won gold medals in 2008 and 2012, had announced that this will be her fifth and final Olympics.
Following is the schedule for the Men's 100m semi-final and final at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Men's 100m Schedule (IST Time)
11:30 PM – Men’s 100m semi-final
1:20 AM – Men’s 100m final
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