Emotional fans and her former coach say they will remember Julien Alfred's historic 100m win, which bagged St Lucia's first ever Olympic medal, for the rest of their lives.
Ecstatic fans on the tiny Caribbean island of St Lucia were overcome with joy after Julien Alfred swept to victory in the Olympic women's 100m, stunning a global audience that had booked her American rival as the firm favourite. The 23-year-old sprinter - now the 'fastest woman in the world' - will go down in the island nation's history as its first-ever Olympic medal winner, after bagging gold at the Paris 2024 Games on Saturday.
Her success was against the odds for a girl growing up in the small suburb of Ciceron, said supporter Samantha Agard. 'When you are somebody from Ciceron in Saint Lucia, it's not somebody who is one of those rich people, so it's like somebody who started from scratch and made it big.' She called it a 'big thing' for kids in her home town because she has shown them what is possible. 'It's like 'If Juju can do it, then I can do it'.
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