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Junelle Bromfield's emotionally interview after qualifying the Paris Olympics revealed a lot on what she has been through in the past two years.
Jamaica's 400m star Junelle Bromfield will compete in her first Olympic individual event at Paris 2024, following her courageous qualification at the Jamaican trials.
The experienced quarter-miler produced her best career performance at the trials, where she didn't just clock her best times of the season but a lifetime best.
Bromfield powered to a new PB of 50.74s for a second-place finish in her semifinal race to make the final, where she did just enough to finish third in 51.24s and seal her spot on the Jamaican individual team list.
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13:32 - 01.07.2024
Power couple Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield qualify for the Olympics, make the US and Jamaican teams to Paris
Power couple Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield are heading to the Olympic Games after making the US and Jamaican teams to Paris.
In a post-race interview with The Inside Lane, the 26-year-old divulged what she went through in the past two years to make her Olympic dream a reality.
"Honestly, it means a lot because it feels as if a burden has been lifted off my shoulders," said Bromfield.
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"For the past couple of years, it's been very hard mentally because I've had a loss in my family and I'm just recovering. You know running track with love again that I know I have for the sport, because I've been doing it since I've been 8 years old, it brought me so far and I'm just grateful to be here."
Bromfield was a standout Jamaican high school athlete and won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz.
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Since then, she has been an integral part of her country's relay team with medals that include a mixed 4x400m bronze medal at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, 2022 World Indoor Championship gold in Belgrade, and respective silver medals at the 2022 World Championships in Oregon and Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
She broke the jinx this year by making her first senior individual Jamaican team - a feat she accomplished after going through lots of self-care practices and therapy following the loss of her mum.
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"I started therapy like two years ago because my boyfriend (Noah Lyles) is big on therapy and he felt as if I needed it too. And honestly, it has helped a lot because I feel as if I've been suffering with survival's guilt and it was basically laying on my shoulders.
"So now I'm like, you know I got to live my life and just enjoy the moment of it because life is short."
Bromfield will be aiming to have a memorable appearance in Paris by walking away with medals in her various events.
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