Women's 100m Final, Paris Games 2024: Julien Alfred Snaps Up Historic Gold For St Lucia

She ran 10.72 seconds to finish at the top of the podium. World Champion Sha'carri Richardson came in second with a 10.87 whilst her compatriot Melissa Jefferson was third with a 10.92 run.

For a nation that is mad about it's cricket, Alfred's first-ever Olympic medal for the Caribbean nation, should really be taken notice of.

Alfred's final time is also the joint eighth on the all-time list for the quickest women’s 100m runs at the Olympic Games.

Following were the starting line-up with lane numbers:

• 2 Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland)

• 3 Marie-Josee Lou-Smith (Ivory Coast)

• 4 Tia Clayton (Jamaica)

• 5 Melissa Jefferson (USA)

• 6 Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia)

• 7 Sha’carri Richardson (USA)

• 8 Daryll Neita (Great Britain)

• 9 Twanisha Terry (USA)

Earlier, Two-time Olympic 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had pulled out of the 100-meter semi-final at the Paris Games.

No immediate reason was given for Fraser-Pryce’s scratch, which came up on the scoreboard only moments before she was supposed to race Sha’Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred in the evening’s second semi-final.

The 37-year-old mom, who won gold medals in 2008 and 2012, had announced that this will be her fifth and final Olympics.

Following is the schedule for the Men's 100m semi-final and final at the Paris Olympics 2024.

Men's 100m Schedule (IST Time)

• 11:30 PM – Men’s 100m semi-final

• 1:20 AM – Men’s 100m final