Julien Alfred of Crew Saint Lucia celebrates profitable the gold medal through the Ladies’s 100m Remaining on day eight of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on Aug. 03, 2024 in Paris, France.
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St. Lucia’s Olympic 100m champion, Julian Alfred, just lately put in an excellent early-season efficiency on the New Steadiness Grand Prix in Boston.
Alfred stole the highlight within the ladies’s 300m to assert victory with a brand new St. Lucian nationwide report of 36.16 seconds.
The St. Lucian dominated from the start, clocking splits of 11.83 at 100m and 23.18 at 200m earlier than powering to the end line.
Nice Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith completed second with a private better of 36.87, whereas France’s Emma Montoya got here in third with a time of 38.37.
On the lads’s facet, Bahamian sprinter Terrence Jones secured second place within the 60m sprint, with a season’s better of 6.57 seconds. Jones was outrun by American world champion Noah Lyles, who raced to victory in 6.52 seconds, whereas PJ Austin of the US claimed third in 6.60 seconds.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Jereem Richards additionally made his mark within the males’s 400m, ending third in 46.49 seconds. Richards stayed aggressive by the race however was ultimately overtaken by Individuals Quincy Wilson and Will Sumner, who set private bests of 45.66 and 46.27 seconds to take the highest two spots.
Jamaica’s Romaine Beckford delivered an impressive efficiency within the males’s excessive leap, clearing 2.19m to complete second. He shared the identical top as winner Vernon Turner of the
United States and third-place finisher Luis Castro Rivera of Puerto Rico, who additionally achieved a season’s finest.
Bahamian hurdler Devynne Charlton clocked a season’s finest of seven.85 seconds within the ladies’s 60m hurdles to safe third place. Individuals Masai Russell narrowly squeezed out Charlton in 7.80, who took first, and Grace Stark in 7.81, who took second.
