Athletics – Diamond League – Monaco – Stade Louis II, Monaco – July 12, 2024 Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred reacts after successful the ladies’s 100m
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The athlete who grew to become the satisfaction of the Caribbean on the current Paris Olympics says she will be able to hardly watch for the top of the Diamond League season to move residence to St. Lucia and have a good time along with her legion of supporters and properly wishers.
Julien Alfred who simply beat a high-class discipline together with race America favourite Sha Cari Richardson within the ladies’s marquee occasion, is presently in Europe wrapping up the 2024 out of doors season. She is predicted residence on the weekend. Authorities are making ready a rousing welcome for her together with a motorcade and a package deal of money and different rewards. Alfred who lives and trains within the US alongside stars like Dina Asher-Smith, Rashidat Adeleke and Kevona Davis, additionally picked up a silver within the 200 meters, a race she says she desires to concentrate on extra and enhance her instances within the coming months, the Instances newspaper reported this week.
“I’m going to return residence. I haven’t bought an opportunity to have a good time with my nation as but, to see the youth of my nation. So, I actually simply need to return to Saint Lucia, and have a good time with them and perhaps go for a trip after that. I’m nonetheless deciding on the place I need to go. It’s been good. I’ve actually been having fun with the method and simply actually taking in what occurred in Paris, however simply not getting forward of myself,” she mentioned. “I’m simply making an attempt to take it one step at a time.”
Prime Minister Phillip Davis has already dropped robust hints about declaring a nationwide vacation in her honor however it’s unclear whether or not he’ll undergo with this simply but. Neighboring Dominica and Grenada have already held huge motorcades, out of doors concert events and different ceremonies honoring their athletes who had medaled on the Olympics.
Authorities in Barbados and Antigua, for instance, have already mentioned that they’re heartened by the performances of those that had medaled and can reboot their sports activities packages to make sure podium finishes in Los Angeles in 2028. Simply this week, Antigua appointed former West Indies Captain Richie Richardson because the nationwide sports activities czar, answerable for making certain the dual island federation wins medals in 4 years time. And now that she is an expert runner, there may be much less strain to compete in a plethora of races to stay aggressive. She plans a trip after celebrations in St. Lucia probably this weekend.
