CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, CMC – Saint Lucia’s dash queen, Julien Alfred, has dismissed rumours that she is injured after pulling out of two upcoming Diamond League meets.
Alfred, the reigning Olympic ladies’s 100 metre champion, was slated to compete on the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Poland this weekend, in addition to Athletissima in Switzerland, on August 20.
Nevertheless, the 24-year-old, who additionally copped silver within the 200 metres on the Paris Olympics, informed the St Lucia Occasions she is at the moment coaching and “engaged on issues in preparation for the previous couple of races”.
The Silesia meet will embrace reigning World champion Sha’Carri Richardson and the quickest girl on this planet over 100m this 12 months, Melissa Jefferson-Picket.
Each American stars have been on the Silesia startlist on Monday, however Alfred’s identify was absent.
In a following submit, Lausanne said that Alfred was out with an harm.
“Initially introduced, Julien Alfred won’t compete within the three Diamond League conferences in August as a result of harm,” the submit stated.
Alfred, nonetheless, confirmed that whereas she won’t be competing at Silesia or Lausanne, all is effectively, as she focuses on subsequent month’s World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
