Alfred wins 100m at Diamond League in Oslo

Saint Lucia’s Olympic winner and track queen Julien Alfred recently won the 100-meter race, her first of the season, at the sixth leg of the Wanda Diamond League at the Bislett Games.

The 24-year-old crossed the finish line in 10.89 seconds, ahead of Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josée Ta Lou Smith in 11.00 seconds, while Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain was third in 11.08 seconds.

Alfred started slowly but powered past the field in the middle of the race to claim an easy victory and a winning start to add to her Diamond League title defense.

Cuba’s Reynier Mena copped gold in the men’s 200 meters in 20.20 seconds. Timothe Mumenthaler of Switzerland was second in 20.27 seconds, while Canada’s Andre de Grasse claimed Bronze in 20.33 seconds.

Meanwhile, Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts claimed silver in the women’s triple jump as she leaped to 14.57 meters, just behind the winner, Leyanis Perez Hernandez of Cuba, who leaped to 14.72 meters. Jasmine Moore of the USA finished third with her jump measuring 14.41 meters.

In the men’s triple jump, Jamaica’s Jordan Scott won in 17.24, ahead of Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo in 17.06 and Max Heb of Germany in 16.96 in second and third, respectively.

Olympic gold medalist Thea LaFond of Dominica was fifth with her jump of 14.26 meters, and Ackelia Smith of Jamaica was sixth with a leap measured at the same distance.

However, it wasn’t a good day for Barbados as World Championship bronze medalist Sada Williams finished last in the women’s 400 meters in a time of 50.94 seconds.

Isabella Whittaker of the USA won the event in 49.58 seconds, with Henriette Jaeger of Norway (49.62) placing second and Amber Anning of Great Britain (50.24) third.