Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred shakes palms with Usain Bolt after profitable the ladies’s 100m throughout the Diamond League on the Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway on June 12, 2025.
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Saint Lucia’s Olympic winner and observe queen Julien Alfred just lately gained the 100-meter race, her first of the season, on the sixth leg of the Wanda Diamond League on the Bislett Video games.
The 24-year-old crossed the end line in 10.89 seconds, forward of Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josée Ta Lou Smith in 11.00 seconds, whereas Dina Asher-Smith of Nice Britain was third in 11.08 seconds.
Alfred began slowly however powered previous the sector in the midst of the race to assert a simple victory and a profitable begin to add to her Diamond League title protection.
Cuba’s Reynier Mena copped gold within the males’s 200 meters in 20.20 seconds. Timothe Mumenthaler of Switzerland was second in 20.27 seconds, whereas Canada’s Andre de Grasse claimed Bronze in 20.33 seconds.
In the meantime, Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts claimed silver within the ladies’s triple leap as she leaped to 14.57 meters, simply behind the winner, Leyanis Perez Hernandez of Cuba, who leaped to 14.72 meters. Jasmine Moore of the USA completed third along with her leap measuring 14.41 meters.
Within the males’s triple leap, Jamaica’s Jordan Scott gained in 17.24, forward of Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo in 17.06 and Max Heb of Germany in 16.96 in second and third, respectively.
Olympic gold medalist Thea LaFond of Dominica was fifth along with her leap of 14.26 meters, and Ackelia Smith of Jamaica was sixth with a leap measured on the similar distance.
Nevertheless, it wasn’t an excellent day for Barbados as World Championship bronze medalist Sada Williams completed final within the ladies’s 400 meters in a time of fifty.94 seconds.
Isabella Whittaker of the USA gained the occasion in 49.58 seconds, with Henriette Jaeger of Norway (49.62) putting second and Amber Anning of Nice Britain (50.24) third.
