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Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 100m Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 03, 2024. Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia celebrates after winning gold in the final REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
The Saint Lucian sprinter delivered a brilliant performance to win the 100 metres final in a national record 10.72 seconds, beating world champion Richardson into silver and breaking Jamaica's recent stranglehold over the event."I feel honoured just to be an ambassador for my country," Alfred told reporters."Not many people know about Saint Lucia. Sometimes I can be in an Uber and they ask me where I'm from...
Saint Lucia, an Eastern Caribbean island nation, had never previously had an athlete on the Olympic podium while Americans have won well over 300 titles in athletics alone, topping the all-time medal table by a massive margin.
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