Julien shocks Sha’Carri to win Women’s 100m Olympics gold

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

Julien Alfred shocked favourites, Sha’Carri Richardson to claim the gold medal in the Women’s 100m at the ongoing Olympics in Paris, France.

Julien ran a time of 10.72 seconds to claim the gold medal for Saint Lucia, a little country with less than 200,000 population in the Caribbean.

Julien won the gold medal in dominant fashion. It was the first ever Olympics medal for the Caribbean country.

Sha’carri of the USA came second in a time of 10.87 seconds to win the silver medal, while Jefferson Melissa of the USA came third in a time of 10.92 seconds to win the bronze medal.

Julien, rated third in the world in 100m women set the tonic for the final when she also defeated Sha’Carri in the semi-final, pushing her to a second place in a photo finish, but she bettered her performance in the final to set a National Record.