The St Lucia athlete takes advantage of the last-minute absence of Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to win the sprint event. It is the first medal in the country's history. Ryan Crouser won his third gold in the shot put and the Netherlands won the 4x400 medley relay.

The fastest woman on the planet is Julien Alfred.

Sprinter Gabby Thomas secured victory on Saturday in the final 200-metre race at the London Diamond League. Despite starting the race from behind and enduring a persistent headwind, the athlete crossed the finish line setting a new championship record.

Julien Alfred from Saint Lucia took advantage of the situation to move into the lead just metres from

of 22.10 seconds had been held since 2015 by Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah.The final positions saw Alfred

The crowd here is incredible, it’s got to be my favourite Diamond League; it’s just so much fun".For Alfred

With the athletics programme in Paris fast approaching, Thomas, Alfred, and Asher-Smith are all set for

Rai Benjamin claimed the spoils in a clash of the hurdling titans at Friday's Monaco Diamond League as Djamel Sedjati and Quincy Hall both set world leads in perfect fine-tuning for the Paris Olympics. Another stunning night of track and field in perfect conditions at the Stade Louis II saw Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a European record of 3min 26.73sec in the 1500m.

Botswanan Letsile Tebogo claimed an impressive victory in the men's 200m in 19.87 seconds while St Lucia's Julien

Alfred won the women's 100m in 10.85sec.

The Jamaican sprint star Shericka Jackson finished the 200 metres in Szakesfehervar, Hungary, just 65km from Budapest, where she stunned the athletics world by winning the World Championships in a time of 21.41, very close to the 'Flo Jo' historic world record (21.34).

started the first 50 metres patiently, then made a great curve to lead the race despite the presence of Julien

Alfred, before abruptly slowing down, grimacing and putting her head in her hands as she finally crossed

 Perfect picture of Jackson in pain next to Julien Alfred.

The slogan "The Americas, One Team" was used to introduce the Panam Sports team ahead of the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Prominent athletes from across the Americas have come together with a common dream: to achieve American glory at the next Olympic event.

athletics, Dominican Republic), Margaret McNeil (swimming, Canada), Marcos Moneta (rugby 7s, Argentina), Julien

Alfred (athletics, Saint Lucia), Osmar Olvera (diving, Mexico), Nicolás Jarry (tennis, Chile) and Valarie

Jamaica’s Oblique Seville set the world’s fastest 100 metres time of 2024, clocking 9.82 seconds, to defeat reigning world champion Noah Lyles at the Racer Grand Prix on 1 June.

even set before the gun went off... that’s very disappointing to see," Lyles added.Saint Lucia athlete Julien

Alfred, 22, set a 2024 world-best in the women’s 100m with a time of 10.78 seconds, aided by a 1.3 m

Julien Alfred and Ewa Swoboda in 60m semi-finals.

Lastly, favourites Julien Alfred of St Lucia and Poland's Ewa Swoboda both safely negotiated their heats

The Saint Lucia Olympic Committee has announced a deal with German sports company Puma for them to become its official apparel sponsor, including providing equipment for Paris 2024.

agreement follows the announcement by Puma that they are sponsoring Saint Lucia’s promising young sprinter Julien

, won the gold medal in the 100m at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador.Julien Alfred

won a Commonwealth Games 100m silver medal at Birmingham 2022 ©Getty Images"Julien is an incredible

Puma has such legendary status in athletics, so the decision to join their family was an easy one," Alfred

Atlanta 1996 but is still waiting for its first medal ©YouTubeSaint Lucia will be pinning its hopes on Alfred

Faith Kipyegon earned her third world record in less than two months at the Monaco Diamond League meeting as she ran the women’s mile in 4min 07.64sec, obliterating the mark of 4:12.33 set by her long-time rival Sifan Hassan on the same Stade Louis II track in 2019.

Jackson, the world 200m champion, underlined her pre-eminence at that distance with victory in 21.86 from Julien

Alfred of Saint Lucia, who defeated Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States in Hungary earlier this

Silesia Diamond League meeting with a time of 10.76sec, had to give best to Saint Lucia's 22-year-old Julien

Alfred at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial meeting.

Alfred, the Commonwealth Games silver medallist, earned victory at this World Athletics Continental Tour

finals.This was quite some debut as she clocked a time that was just 0.02 shy of her Irish record.WOW 🤯Julien

Alfred wins the women's 100m in 10.89, Sha'Carri Richardson finishes 2nd with 10.97 and Tamari Davis

St Lucia’s Commonwealth Games silver medallist Julien Alfred has won the women’s 100 metres at the Central

St Lucia has named Helena Renee-Emmanuel as Chef de Mission for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

athletics and netball and was confirmed in the role by Saint Lucia Olympic Committee (SLOC) President Alfred

the only athlete from the island to top a podium at either event.St Lucia has high hopes for sprinter Julien

Alfred ©Getty ImagesThere are big hopes for 21-year-old sprinter Julien Alfred after her Commonwealth

selecting our head of delegation to the Games, that person will be the SLOC Chef de Mission in Paris," said Alfred

Thirty-six years after her mother, Liz, won the Commonwealth Games women's 10,000m title in Edinburgh, Eilish McColgan has done likewise in Birmingham - and in a Games record of 30min 48.60sec.

ImagesThompson-Herah added another international gold to her collection as she won here in 10.95 from Saint Lucia's Julien

Alfred in 11.01, with England’s Daryll Neita taking bronze in 11.07.Neita had run brilliantly to set

Joyce Huxley was only supposed to stay in St Lucia for a year, but she never went home.

organise the transport between them and all the rest of it...Commonwealth Youth Games winning sprinter Julien

Alfred could be one to watch for St Lucia at Birmingham 2022 ©Getty Images"But I'm very confident that

 A medal hope in Birmingham for St Lucia could be sprinter Julien Alfred, who competes in the 100

 Alfred won gold in the 100m at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in The Bahamas - where the country's

Chef de Mission at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.Since November, the SLOC has been led by new President Alfred

St Lucia - April 2022Joyce Huxley was only supposed to stay in St Lucia for a year, but she never went home.

organise the transport between them and all the rest of it...Commonwealth Youth Games winning sprinter Julien

Alfred could be one to watch for St Lucia at Birmingham 2022 ©Getty Images"But I'm very confident that

 A medal hope in Birmingham for St Lucia could be sprinter Julien Alfred, who competes in the 100

 Alfred won gold in the 100m at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in The Bahamas - where the country's

Chef de Mission at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.Since November, the SLOC has been led by new President Alfred