Julien Alfred won Saint Lucia's first-ever Olympic medal by winning gold with her upset of Sha'Carri Richardson in the women's 100m final at Paris, and the country had an epic watch party for her.
—who won the silver medal—in the women's 100m final to establish herself as the world's fastest woman in the race.
But that's not all Alfred accomplished with the victory. The 23-year-old sprinter won Saint Lucia's first-ever Olympic medal, making her dash historic. And Saint Lucia was ready to celebrate in style, as the country set up a watch party complete with a massive projector screen for fans, who, unsurprisingly, went absolutely wild when Alfred crossed the finish line.
Absolute scenes in Saint Lucia as Julien Alfred just won Gold in the women’s 100m and giving Saint Lucia their first ever Olympic medalAlfred, one of the fastest women in the world in the 100m, exploded out of the starting block and jumped out to a quick lead she would not relinquish, finishing the race in 10.72 seconds, 0.15 ahead of Richardson.Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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