St. Lucia’s sprint queen Julien Alfred has done it again only this time breaking a few records in the process.
Alfred last weekend took on some big sprint names at the London Diamond League in the 200m, recording a world leading time while shattering the national record and the meet record for good measure.
Saint Lucia’s golden girl clocked a blistering personal best of 21.71 smashing her previous personal best of 21.83 which she recorded at the Paris Olympic games.
Her latest performance relegated training partner Dina Asher-Smith {22.25} and Amy Hunt {22.31} into second and third respectively. Irish star girl Rhasidat Adeleke settled for fourth in 22.52s.
Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred is consistently proving her hold as the world’s best sprinter, dropping yet another jaw-dropping national record and new world-leading performance at the London Diamond League.
Most impressive about Alfred’s performance was that it was into a headwind and moves her into the top ten in world history. In addition, it was just her second 200m race of the season, again proving she’s in the best form of her life and arguably the woman to beat at the world championships in Tokyo
Alfred’s victory serves as a strong comeback after her loss to Melissa Jefferson-Wooden in the 100m at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, a few weeks ago, and remains strong on her ambitions to compete for the 100m and 200m world titles in Tokyo.