Saint Lucia appoints the World’s Quickest Lady, Julien Alfred as Tourism Ambassador. She might be seen right here waving to the gang throughout a welcoming parade.
Photograph courtesy Saint Lucia Tourism Authority
St. Lucia’s Olympic champion, Julien Alfred, was gifted EC$1 million by the St. Lucian authorities final Friday for her accomplishments on the Paris Olympics.
The 23-year-old Olympian acquired the financial award on Julien Alfred Day, the nationwide vacation named in her honor, when she wrote her identify into her nation’s historical past books after successful gold within the ladies’s 100 meters and silver within the 200 meters on the 2024 Paris Olympics, turning into the primary St. Lucian to win an Olympic medal.
She additionally has poems, work, and even a calypso tune devoted to her.
“I’m really misplaced for phrases,” she instructed Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre and different authorities officers who gathered to rejoice her earlier than organizing a motorcade for hundreds of impatient followers.
She thanked her mom, the federal government, her coach, and others, together with “my village.”
“So many individuals have guided me alongside the best way and helped me to get thus far,” she stated as her voice broke. “It didn’t come simple. It was really a rocky street. Many days, I simply wished to surrender.”
Throughout a particular live performance on the Daren Sammy Cricket Floor, St Lucia’s Prime Minister Philip J Pierre additionally introduced {that a} part of the Millennium Freeway could be renamed after her and a monument in her honor erected on the roundabout of the street.
Alfred can even obtain a parcel of land totaling 10,720 ft in commemoration of her nationwide file time of 10.72 seconds, which received her gold within the 100 meters.
She can even have a stamp designed in her honor, and a sequence of train books bearing her picture will probably be launched. Alfred additionally acquired $75,000 from the St. Lucia Olympic Committee.
M&C and Massy Shops every offered Alfred with $30,000, Unicomer promised $30,000 price of health club gear, Chreiki & Sons pledged $50,000, Landings got here via with $10,000 each year, and 758 Adventures awarded her $25,000.
Friday’s live performance accomplished every week of celebrations that included a six-hour motorcade, two college rallies, a flotilla, a cocktail reception, and unveiling a mural at Ciceron RC Main, Alfred’s former college.
