STOCKHOLM, Sweden, CMC – Julien Alfred continued her spectacular begin to the season with one other dominant efficiency on her method to capturing gold within the girls’s 100 meters on the Stockholm Diamond League right here on Sunday.
Contemporary from her win in Oslo final Thursday, the Saint Lucian Olympic champion confirmed why she is the world’s quickest lady by crossing the end line in a gathering document of 10.75 seconds, the second-fastest time on the earth this yr.
It demolished the earlier meet document of 10.90, which had been set by Irina Privalova in 1990.
Dina Asher-Smith of Nice Britain was a distant second in 10.93 seconds, whereas Ivorian veteran Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith was third in 11.00 seconds.
Alfred had Asher-Smith for the corporate within the first 50 meters however powered away within the second half of the race earlier than ultimately easing throughout the road.
The 24-year-old instructed reporters after the race that she was glad along with her efficiency.
“After Oslo, I needed to have a protracted chat with my coach, and he went by way of every part with me for at the moment’s race,” Alfred stated.
“He reassured me that I used to be in nice form as a result of I used to be doubting myself. However I’m glad at the moment with how the race went.”
“The turnaround was brief, however it’s nothing new to me – I’ve completed it earlier than,” she stated of the brief three-day hole. “I shall be heading again to Austin for coaching now earlier than Pre (Prefontaine Basic).”
In the meantime, Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent needed to accept second within the girls’s 100-meter hurdles in a time of 12.37 seconds, with American Grace Stark capturing gold in a lifetime finest time of 12.33 seconds.
Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas positioned fourth in a season’s finest time of 12.59 seconds.
