In the final of the women's 200m event, which took place this morning (August 7, Vietnam time), Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia finished second with a time of 22.08 seconds, winning the silver medal. The winner of the final of this event was Gabby Thomas (USA, 21.83 seconds).
Julien Alfred (left) finished second in the women's 200m final this morning (Photo: Getty).
With Julien Alfred, she won her second Olympic medal, and also the second medal for the Saint Lucia sports delegation.
Earlier, Julien Alfred and Saint Lucia won the gold medal in the women's 100m sprint in athletics. This is one of the two most prestigious and attractive events at the Olympics, along with the men's 100m sprint.
With two medals, one gold and one silver, the Saint Lucia sports delegation is currently ranked 33rd at the 2024 Paris Olympics, equal to the delegations of Chile, Denmark and Uganda.
A few days ago, Julien Alfred created an earthquake at the Olympics when he won the women's 100m final (Photo: Getty).
This is a pretty high position, especially for an island nation with just over 178,000 inhabitants (2018 statistics) and an area of only about 617km2 like Saint Lucia. This Caribbean island nation only sent 4 athletes to the 2024 Paris Olympics, of which only one is a female athlete, Julien Alfred.
They only participated in 3 events: athletics, sailing and swimming. In sailing and swimming, Saint Lucia participated with one athlete each, only in athletics they participated with 2 athletes, but they won 2 medals.
The medals Julien Alfred won for Saint Lucia at Paris 2024 were also the first in the country's history at the Olympic Games.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/dao-quoc-chua-den-200000-dan-gianh-them-huy-chuong-olympic-20240807123651927.htm
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