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ALFRED ON TRACK FOR DOUBLE
The Straits Times
|August 05, 2024
St Lucian looks fresh in 200m heats, raising hopes of repeating 100m golden feat in final
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Newly crowned Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred launched her bid for the second leg of a sprint double on Aug 4, easing through her 200m heat as two-time world champion Shericka Jackson pulled out.
The withdrawal of Jackson, who had already skipped the 100m won by St Lucia's Alfred on Aug 3, follows that of her fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce from the shorter sprint.
Jackson, bronze medallist in the 100m in Tokyo in 2021, suffered an apparent injury at a meet in Hungary three weeks ago and had said her decision to miss the 100m was best for her "body, mind and soul".
Alfred's main threat now is likely to come from Tokyo Olympics 200m bronze medallist Gabrielle Thomas of the United States.
Alfred looked fresh, despite the emotion of winning St Lucia's firstever Olympic medal.
This story is from the August 05, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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