Julien Alfred made history as St Lucia’s first ever Olympic medallist by beating the US world champion Sha’carri Richardson to take gold in the women’s 100m in Paris, as Team GB clocked up its first medal on the track.
Under teeming rain in the Stade de France, the 23-year-old dominated the final and set a new national record of 10.72 seconds, leaving Richardson in silver and Melissa Jefferson, also of the US, to take bronze after a photo-finish with Team GB’s Daryll Neita in fourth.
