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Olympic champion Julien Alfred shone in a monumental sprint list which had the absence of Sha'Carri Richardson.
The accomplishments of Saint Lucia's golden girl Julien Alfred keep reaching new heights, with a recent feat showing her excellence over Sha'Carri Richardson as the 2025 season kicks off.
Alfred blazed to world recognition when she won the Paris Olympics 100m gold medal over the American sprint queen Richardson in Paris, clocking a lifetime best of 10.72s.
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She also added the World Indoor 60m and Diamond League titles in the 2024 season, thus ending the year as the undisputed queen of the women's sprint.
Despite Alfred's medal-winning feats, she also backed it up with blistering times that stood tall among the female sprinters last year, one which includes the 60m event.
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Her personal best of 6.94s is joint with Aleia Hobbs as the second-fastest time in history, behind Irina Privalova's world record of 6.92s and ahead of American icons Gail Devers (6.95s) and Marion Jones (6.95s).
With the 2025 indoor season already kicked off, Alfred will be gunning to break the long-standing world record, as well as defend her world indoor title in March.
However, it remains to be seen if Richardson will compete indoors as she has never competitively raced the 60m before, hence doesn't have an official recorded time in the event.
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Nonetheless, her ignited rivalry with Alfred can foresee the world 100m champion deciding to race in the event this year, so as to perfect all her phases and be in perfect shape ahead of defending her world title in Tokyo this summer.
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